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The costs and benefits of bank supervisory disclosure


Abstract: Bank examinations, like the recent "stress test," yield information of interest to the market. Releasing those results may increase transparency. For routine annual bank exams, however, doing so could impede a supervisor's ability to collect information.

Keywords: Financial markets; Banks and banking;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Richmond Fed Economic Brief

Publication Date: 2009

Issue: May

Order Number: 09-05