Agencies release annual asset-size thresholds under Community Reinvestment Act regulations

Agencies release annual asset-size thresholds under Community Reinvestment Act regulations

From federalreserve.gov

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today announced the 2023 updated asset-size thresholds used to define "small bank" and "intermediate small bank" under their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. Annual adjustments to these asset-size thresholds are based on the average change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which is a measure of inflation. As a result of the 8.60 percent increase in the CPI-W for the period ending in November 2022, the definitions of small and intermediate small banks for CRA examinations will ... (full story)

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