Annual Asset-Size Threshold Adjustments For Small And Intermediate Small Banks

On December 29, 2016, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation amended their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to adjust the asset-size thresholds used to define "small bank" or "small savings association" and "intermediate small bank" or "intermediate small savings association." The adjustment is based on an annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. As a result of the 0.84 percent increase for the period ending in November 2016, "small bank" or "small savings association" means "an institution that, as of December 31, 2016, of either of the prior two calendar years, had assets of less than $1.226 billion," and "intermediate small bank" or "intermediate small savings association" means "a small institution with assets of at least $307 million as of December 31 of both of the prior two calendar years and less than $1.226