New Regulator Wants To Control Bank Capital Requirements

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New Regulator Wants To Control Bank Capital Requirements

The U.K.’s Financial Policy Committee, its new systemic risk regulator, is seeking the authority to change bank capital requirements according to economic cycles, namely to raise requirements on financial institutions against unexpected losses in a healthy economy and then lower them in a downturn.

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