CAPITAL RATIOS AS PREDICTORS OF BANK FAILURE.

From: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic PolicyReview | Date: July 1, 2000| Author: Estrella, Arturo; Park, Sangkyun; Peristiani, Stavros | Copyright information

* The current regulatory framework for determining bank capital adequacy is under review by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

* An empirical analysis of the relationships between different capital ratios and bank failure suggests that two simple ratios--the leverage ratio and the ratio of capital to gross revenue--may merit a role in the revised framework.

* The leverage ratio and the gross revenue ratio predict bank failure about as well as more com...

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