The meeting, which took place in Washington and included JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, focused in part on the risks on the debt ceiling. Beyond the debt ceiling, Yellen and the Wall Street CEOs discussed the ongoing banking crisis. Yellen also met with mid-size bank CEOsIn addition to huddling with big bank CEOs, Yellen met in Washington on Thursday with executives from mid-size banks, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Both the debt ceiling and the banking stress came up during Yellen’s meeting with the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, an industry trade group, the source said. During the meeting, which took place at the Treasury Department, mid-size bank CEOs expressed acute concern about how the debt ceiling standoff will impact their institutions, the source told CNN.

Source: CNN May 19, 2023 05:57 UTC