Financial regulations

Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell has been tapped to head the agency’s supervisory committee, the post formerly held by Gov. Daniel Tarullo.

Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker’s revelation that he was behind a 2012 leak may embolden the central bank’s critics in Congress.

Speaking at a town hall event in Washington, D.C., JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said that post-crisis regulations have made mortgages too costly for consumers — and made homeownership unattainable for borrowers with low incomes or blemished credit histories.

With slim odds of getting eight Democrats to support major Dodd-Frank Act reforms, Republicans are turning to other measures to make changes to the 2010 reform law.

Community bankers want a two-year span between exams for small banks in good standing. Regulators, however, are reluctant to revert to pre-crisis policies.