The Adoption of Stress Testing: Why the Basel Capital Measures were Not Enough
Company: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Year Of Publication: 2013
Month Of Publication: December
Pages: 21
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Language: English
Source: working paper
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Date: 12-29-2013
Publisher: Administrator
Summary
The Basel capital adequacy ratios lost credibility with financial markets during the crisis. This paper argues that failure was the result of the reliance of the Basel standards on overstated asset values in reported equity capital. The United States’ stress tests were able to assist in restoring credibility, in part because they could capture deterioration in asset values. However, whether stress tests will prove equally valuable in the next crisis is not clear. Some of the weaknesses in the Basel ratios are being addressed. Moreover, the U.S. tests’ success was the result of a combination of circumstances that may not exist next time.
WP 2013-14
WP 2013-14
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