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Economic Review

Nov/Dec, 1988

International Risk-Based Capital Standard: History and Explanation

Malcolm C. Alfriend

In December the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System adopted final guidelines for the new Risk-Based Capital Standard. This article traces the evolution of the new standard, discusses how capital measures of the United States will change, and indicates how Fifth District banking organizations may fare under the new standard.

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