BIS paper studies impact of Swiss CCB on quality of credit

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The BIS. Photo by Dan Hinge.
Photo: Daniel Hinge

The activation of the countercyclical capital buffer (CCB) in Switzerland affected the composition of mortgage supply in two key ways, according to a working paper published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today (September 2).

In Higher bank capital requirements and mortgage pricing: evidence from the countercyclical capital buffer, Christoph Basten and Cathérine Koch examine how the activation of the CCB in Switzerland in February 2013 affected mortgage pricing.

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