Jan 16, 2024

How pizza can explain proposed bank capital regulation

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It can be useful to think of the money a bank uses to fund its business as a pizza. We'll dish up a helpful analogy.

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How pizza can explain a proposed rule about bank capital

by Stephanie Hughes

Jan 16, 2024

Regulators want to make sure banks have enough money on hand to weather wobbles in the economy. Too much risk can ruin a good meal.

If you think of the funding a bank uses to do business as a pizza, debt would be slices with unusual toppings (which come with more risk) and equity slices would be plain cheese. The proposed rule would require more of those plain slices. But the banking industry warns that would cost more.

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