Posts Tagged ‘ CCB ’

Norwegian mortgage standards, CCB more stringent as rates eased

Jun 18th, 2015
Siv Jensen

Norwegian residential mortgage lending regulations will be tightened and the countercyclical buffer (CCB) for banks increased to 1.5%, the Ministry of Finance announced this week, while Norges Bank cut its key policy rate by 0.25% today (Thursday).



Sweden’s FI proposes to raise CCB

May 29th, 2015
Finansinspektionen

The Swedish FSA (Finansinspektionen, or FI) on Tuesday proposed amending regulations on the countercyclical capital buffer (CCB) to raise it from 1.0% to 1.5%.