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Supervising interest rate risk management
This Economic Letter reviews the Basel Capital Accord's stated principles on interest rate risk. In brief, the principles strongly support the idea that banks' internal risk assessments should, whenever possible, form the basis for supervisory oversight of their interest rate risk profiles. The principles suggest supervisory guidelines for assessing the adequacy of interest rate risk management systems, such as focusing on banks' internal control functions and stress-testing results.
Working Paper
Potential competitive effects on U.S. bank credit card lending from the proposed bifurcated application of Basel II
This paper analyzes the potential competitive effects of the proposed bifurcated application of Basel II capital regulations in the United States on bank credit card lending activities. For this purpose, the authors consider the Basel II regulations as stated in the June 2004 Basel Committee Framework Agreement. ; Also issued as Payment Cards Center Discussion Paper No. 05-21 ; Superseded by Working Paper 07-09
Journal Article
Basel II survey documents finalized
Speech
Remarks on early intervention and resolution
Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue, Brussels, Belgium.
Working Paper
Competitive effects of Basel II on U.S. bank credit card lending
The authors analyze the potential competitive effects of the proposed Basel II capital regulations on U.S. bank credit card lending. They find that bank issuers operating under Basel II will face higher regulatory capital minimums than Basel I banks, with differences due to the way the two regulations treat reserves and gain-on-sale of securitized assets. During periods of normal economic conditions, this is not likely to have a competitive effect; however, during periods of substantial stress in credit card portfolios, Basel II banks could face a significant competitive disadvantage relative ...
Conference Paper
Basel II: a contracting perspective
Conference Paper
Basel II implementation in the United States
Journal Article
Basel II will trickle down to community bankers, consumers
The new banking accord could make survival for some regional and community banks more difficult. On the other hand, consumers could see lower mortgage rates.