How much capital U.S. banks need, some numbers

Aug 31, 2013

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Yesterday Bloomberg ran a qualitative story on how much capital U.S. banks need. The story mentions some percentages, and then settles for a leverage ratio of 20%.

However, the author of the article, James Greiff, offers no numerical support for the 20%.

So, here are some numbers. Using data from U.S. Bank Holding Companies, I calculated 1) the distribut…

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