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International risk-based capital standard: history and explanation


Abstract: In December the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System adopted final guidelines for the new Risk-Based Capital Standard. This article traces the evolution of the new standard, discusses how capital measures of the United States will change, and indicates how Fifth District banking organizations may fare under the new standard.

Keywords: Capital; Risk; Finance; Federal Reserve District, 5th;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1988

Volume: 74

Issue: Nov

Pages: 28-34