Bank capital-at-risk: measuring the impact of cyclical systemic risk on future bank losses

Jan Hannes Lang and Marco Forletta

Macroprudential Bulletin, 2019, vol. 9

Abstract: Cyclical systemic risk tends to build up well ahead of financial crises and is measured best by credit and asset price dynamics. This article shows that high levels of cyclical systemic risk lead to large downside risks to the bank-level return on assets three to five years ahead. Hence, exuberant credit and asset price dynamics tend to increase considerably the likelihood of large future bank losses. Given the tight link between bank losses and reductions in bank capital, the results presented in this article can be used to quantify the level of “Bank capital-at-risk” (BCaR) for a banking system. BCaR is a useful tool for macroprudential policy makers as it helps to quantify how much additional bank resilience could be needed if imbalances unwind and systemic risk materialises. JEL Classification: G01, G17, C22, C54, G21

Keywords: bank profitability; growth-at-risk; local projections; quantile regressions; systemic risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-10
Note: 2731285
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