Reflecting ongoing uncertainty about the effectiveness of Basel’s overall counter-cyclical capital buffer (CCyB), global bank regulators have now created a framework for “sectoral” CCyBs to impose targeted capital standards on asset classes deemed to pose systemic risk. This is intended to supplement the overall CCyB and other counter-cyclical macroprudential tools (e.g., loan-to-value limits).
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