He points to strong deposit bases at Wells Fargo WFC.N and M&T Bank MTB.N. By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. bank stocks have been attempting a comeback so-far this year after a more than 20% fall in 2022, fueled by hopes that the Federal Reserve will succeed in taming inflation without causing an economic catastrophe. And on the corporate front, Morgan Stanley MS.N finance chief Sharon Yeshaya said at the time that confidence was improving among client CEOs who had revived talks about potential deals with a fog of uncertainty "beginning to lift."