If the Nikkei index were to slip back below the 15, 000 level which it hit late last year, another wave of banking failures would ensue.
The measures are also aimed at preventing banking failures, of the type that happened in Greece and Spain, ending up on the books of eurozone governments.
The bank's collapse and subsequent bailout represents more than 5 percent of Afghanistan's gross domestic product, making it one of the largest banking failures in the world.
You'd think, given the massive failures in banking, that the absolute worst performance would be in financials.
Still, Pin's headache over the missed merger also pains banking authorities desperate to contain failures from the real-estate lending bust.
The banking system was shaky throughout the 1920s, and failures escalated steadily after 1929.
New rules on prudent banking are seen as vital to bolster the euro, as bank failures triggered the financial crash.
As much as government regulators failed in preventing the collapse of financial institutions in 2008, especially the two biggest failures being Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a global banking system regulated by 20 governments has no potential for success, making it inevitable that there will be more failing banks in the future.
Our students are eager to deconstruct the failures involved and to study the way regulation will impact the banking and finance industries.
Concerns about liquidity in the banking system have raised the possibility that there will be an increase in bank failures in the next year or so.
The additional capital requirements in combination with enhanced risk management standards, in theory should lead to reduced risk of bank failures, and should decrease the interdependence between financial institutions, effectively reducing the risk of future banking crises.
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