New York Community Bancorp's (NYCB) real estate reported losses have put regional banks back at the forefront of commercial real estate concerns. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen weighed in on commercial real estate risks earlier this month. Bank of America Senior North American Banks Analyst Ebrahim Poonawala joins Yahoo Finance to discuss the outlook for the commercial real estate and banking sectors on the Federal Reserve's interest rate strategy. "The Fed been hiking and tightening monetary policy with the goal of cooling things off. When you think about banks... there are two ways that impacts banks," Poonawala says. "One is growth slowing down, and you're seeing that in lending growth that has slowed down quarter over quarter over the last several quarters, I would say. And the second impact is, as rates go up, does it start having an impact on credit quality?" For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live. Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

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