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Can regulating bank capital help prevent and mitigate financial downturns?

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  • Alejandro García
  • Josef Schroth

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Countercyclical capital buffers are regulatory measures developed in response to the global financial crisis of 2008–09. This note focuses on how time-varying capital buffers can improve financial stability in Canada.

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  • Alejandro García & Josef Schroth, 2021. "Can regulating bank capital help prevent and mitigate financial downturns?," Staff Analytical Notes 2021-12, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocsan:21-12
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    1. Jing Yang & Hélène Desgagnés & Grzegorz Halaj & Yaz Terajima, 2022. "COVID and Financial Stability: Practice Ahead of Theory," Discussion Papers 2022-18, Bank of Canada.

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    Keywords

    Business fluctuations and cycles; Credit and credit aggregates; Credit risk management; Financial stability; Financial system regulation and policies; Lender of last resort;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

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