US Bank Stocks Rise as Industry Welcomes Powell Renomination

US Bank Stocks Rise as Industry Welcomes Powell Renomination
A specialist trader works inside a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on Oct. 6, 2021. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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NEW YORK—U.S. bank stocks rose on Monday as senior bankers and industry figures welcomed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s nomination by President Joe Biden for a second four-year term.

Biden, in a statement emailed to reporters, paid tribute to the “decisive action” which the Fed had taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.