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One cannot rush to conclusions about whether or not CCPs need significantly more own resources and whether this would result in better outcomes from a financial stability perspective
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This change should help give the $8 billion to $50 billion clientele more time to prepare and hopefully gets the word out around what they need to do to get ready
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Double jeopardy: CCAR and the countercyclical buffer
Some US regulators want to hike capital while times are good; banks say Fed’s stress test already does
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Stitch in time
While European and Asian regulators have been gradually increasing counter-cyclical buffers for their banks, the US Federal Reserve has held its buffer at zero, prompting a debate about whether its behaviour is storing up trouble for the future.
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