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  2. What Is the Reserve Ratio? - AOL

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    To calculate a bank’s reserve ratio, divide its reserve balance by its total deposits. For example, if a bank holds $10 million in reserves and has $100 million in deposits, the reserve ratio is ...

  3. Reserve requirement - Wikipedia

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    In theory, this meant that commercial banks could retain zero reserves. The average cash reserve ratio across the entire United Kingdom banking system, though, was higher during that period, at about 0.15% as of 1999. [8] From 1971 to 1980, the commercial banks all agreed to a reserve ratio of 1.5%. In 1981 this requirement was abolished. [8]

  4. Reserve (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    In nonprofit accounting, an "operating reserve" is the unrestricted cash on hand available to sustain an organization, and nonprofit boards usually specify a target of maintaining several months of operating cash or a percentage of their annual income, called an operating reserve ratio.

  5. Banking regulation and supervision - Wikipedia

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    The reserve requirement sets the minimum reserves each bank must hold to demand deposits and banknotes. This type of regulation has lost the role it once had, as the emphasis has moved toward capital adequacy, and in many countries there is no minimum reserve ratio. The purpose of minimum reserve ratios is liquidity rather than safety.

  6. Provision (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    A provision can be a liability of uncertain timing or amount. [1] A liability, in turn, is a present obligation of the entity arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the entity of resources embodying economic benefits.

  7. Tier 1 capital ratio - Wikipedia

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    Tier 1 common capital ratio and; Tier 1 total capital ratio; Preferred shares and non-controlling interests are included in the Tier 1 total capital ratio but not the Tier 1 common ratio. [4] As a result, the common ratio will always be less than or equal to the total capital ratio. In the example above, the two ratios are the same.

  8. Capital requirement - Wikipedia

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    A key part of bank regulation is to make sure that firms operating in the industry are prudently managed. The aim is to protect the firms themselves, their customers, the government (which is liable for the cost of deposit insurance in the event of a bank failure) and the economy, by establishing rules to make sure that these institutions hold enough capital to ensure continuation of a safe ...

  9. Tier 2 capital - Wikipedia

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    The reserve may arise out of a formal revaluation carried through to the bank's balance sheet, or a notional addition due to holding securities in the balance sheet valued at historic cost. Basel II also requires that the difference between the historic cost and the actual value be discounted by 55% when using these reserves to calculate Tier 2 ...