In December 2009, the Basel Committee issued proposals to strengthen capital and liquidity standards for banks and to ensure a more resilient banking sector.1 Almost exactly one year later, in December 2010, the Basel Committee issued a series of documents with the text of the rules.2 This month’s column will highlight a few of the specific capital and liquidity requirements that banks’ home countries will be required to adopt.
Regulatory Capital
As with the December 2009 proposal, the December 2010 rules require changes in the calculation of Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital, and initiate the calculation of a leverage ratio.
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