12 CFR 1270.5
§ 1270.5 Bank operations.
United States · 12 CFR — Banks and Banking · Status: effective
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- 12 CFR 1270.5, § 1270.5 Bank operations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/50810
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The Banks, individually and collectively, shall operate in such manner and take any actions necessary, including without limitation reducing leverage, to ensure that consolidated obligations maintain a high level of acceptance by financial markets and are generally perceived by investors as presenting a low level of credit risk.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.