By Ryan Tracy 

WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators rescinded stricter oversight of General Electric Co.'s finance arm, GE Capital, after saying the company had made changes that significantly reduced its threat to U.S. financial stability.

The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council said it had voted this week to remove the company's "systemically important" tag. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said the change shows that designation is a "two-way process."

Write to Ryan Tracy at ryan.tracy@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 29, 2016 09:36 ET (13:36 GMT)

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