​The NSFR regulation reduces banks' liquidity risks by encouraging the use of deposit funding. Deposit money is created by lending, but the requirement restricts possibilities to grant loans. This contradiction may be destabilising if there is a substantial foreign debt

This paper discusses some potential implications - both intended and unintended - of The New Basel Accord, which is to be finalized by the end of 2001.Our focus is on the reforms of the rules for determining minimum capital requirements for credit risk.The discussion is divided into effects at...

​According to EU legislation, the national authorities should use the principle of 'guided discretion' in setting the countercyclical capital buffer (CCB), which increases banks' resilience against systemic risk associated with periods of excessive credit growth. This means that the decision...