Report title: Moody's Capital Framework & Update on U.S. Banks' Capital Management
from Moody's Global Credit Research
8 page (3584 word) report published Jun 03, 2008

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...Since the start of the credit crunch, Moody s has taken negative rating actions on a number of U.S. banks. A few have ev en been subject to multiple notch downgrades. In the majority of cases, rating actions were driven by an apparently weak capital position in light of t he challenging operating environment and estimated stress losses on certain asset classes. When they entered the illiquid market of the second half of 2007, U.S. banks capital positions were not robust. In Mood y s view, there are still institutions where capital levels may be insufficient considering their risk profiles. As a result, banks capital levels and capital management flexibility continue to weigh on ratings given continuing market volatility. Chart 1 shows the decline in capital ratios for U.S. banks rated by Moody s through year-end 2007. Our capital analysis of U.S. banks incorporates a number of metrics. Key ratios are tangible common equity ...

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