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A macroprudential [[capital adequacy]] requirement for a capital cushion to allow and compensate for procyclical effects.  
A macroprudential [[capital adequacy]] requirement for a capital cushion to allow and compensate for procyclical effects.  


Countercyclical buffers are imposed under Basel III within a range of 0% to 2.5%.
Countercyclical buffers are imposed under Basel III within a range of 0% to 2.5%, subject to national supervisors' determinations.
 
 
The rate initially set by the UK's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) for the UK exposures of institutions incorporated in the UK was 0%.




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* [[Buffer]]
* [[Buffer]]
* [[Capital Conservation Buffer]]
* [[Capital Conservation Buffer]]
* [[Financial Policy Committee]]
* [[Procyclical]]
* [[Procyclical]]
* [[Countercyclical]]
* [[Countercyclical]]
* [[Macroprudential]]
* [[Macroprudential]]
* [[Total Loss Absorbing Capacity]]
* [[Total Loss Absorbing Capacity]]

Revision as of 13:22, 29 October 2016

(CCyB).

A macroprudential capital adequacy requirement for a capital cushion to allow and compensate for procyclical effects.

Countercyclical buffers are imposed under Basel III within a range of 0% to 2.5%, subject to national supervisors' determinations.


The rate initially set by the UK's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) for the UK exposures of institutions incorporated in the UK was 0%.


See also