University Essentials | COVID-19 Economic Outlook in Banking: Rates and Long-Term Expectations

The COVID-19 pandemic could be the most serious challenge to financial institutions in nearly a century. At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, loan loss reserves at the six largest banks in the U.S. went past $25 billion in the first quarter, alone. In an effort to triage the economic fallout the Federal Reserve Bank (“the Fed”) has opened into Main Street Lending Program and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Join experts from across S&P Global Market Intelligence, alongside esteemed guest speakers from the University of Chicago and Novantas as they examine the implications from the Fed’s central bank’s policies with special attention to robust interest rate and banking data with insights on potential policy shifts to spur economic recovery.