or capital adequacy ratio, of a bank. This ratio measures a bank's financial stability by measuring its available capital as a percentage of its risk-weighted credit exposure. Its purpose is to ...

A bank’s creditors and depositors are better protected from bank distress when the ratio of capital to total assets is high. There are a number of reasons for this. First, because equity holders are ...

During congressional testimony, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he supports changes to the supplemental leverage ...

or capital adequacy ratio, of a bank. This ratio measures a bank's financial stability by measuring its available capital as a percentage of its risk-weighted credit exposure. Its purpose is to ...