The precise definition of core capital used—“tier-one common”—allows banks to take advantage of the recent relaxation of accounting rules.

关于核心资本准确的定义常常被叫作“第一级资本”，允许银行利用最近放宽的会计准则。

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It brags of a tier-one (core) capital ratio of 10.4%, giving it some $50 billion more than the minimum regulators consider safe.

花旗银行号称自己的第一级资本率（ tier-one）为10.4%，这比银监会所要求的最低限度要多500亿美金之多。

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UBS, a Swiss bank, has seen its tier-one ratio (which divides a bank's risk-weighted assets by its core capital) fall from 12.3% at the end of the second quarter to 10.6%.

瑞士联合银行眼看着自己的第一级比率（第一比率是风险加权资产和核心资金的比率）从第二季度末的12.3%降低到10.6%。

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It says that, by applying today's rules, RBS had core tier one capital of only 2% by the end of 2007.

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The bank's profit number beat consensus forecasts by about 5 per cent, and the core tier one capital ratio -- a key measure of financial strength -- was also slightly ahead of expectations at 12.3 per cent.

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The bank was able to point to progress in shoring up its capital, reporting that core tier one capital if incoming Basel III banking rules were applied had reached 8 per cent, three months earlier than planned.

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