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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Basel III]] | * [[Basel III]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Capital buffer]] | ||
* [[Capital Conservation Buffer]] | * [[Capital Conservation Buffer]] | ||
* [[Financial Policy Committee]] | * [[Financial Policy Committee]] | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 11 November 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%.
