WASHINGTON - For the first time since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve is putting new restrictions on how the country's biggest banks spend capital with an eye toward protecting the financial system from risks to the economy posed by coronavirus pandemic.

Wei Bertram takes care of stressed-out traders from firms such as hedge fund Bridgewater Associates at her tea, acupuncture and massage business in Westport, Connecticut. When the coronavirus struck, it was the financial industry that let her down.