Banking & Credit · BNK-016
Liquidity Requirements
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By the end of this lesson, you should be able to distinguish liquidity from capital, explain why banks hold liquid resources, define high-quality liquid assets, calculate a simplified liquidity coverage ratio, explain the 30-day stress horizon, identify that the LCR applies to covered institutions rather than every bank identically, and analyze how rapid deposit outflows can create a liquidity shortfall.
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- 01Regulation WW — Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards, and MonitoringOpen source ↗
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 02Section 249.10 — Liquidity Coverage RatioOpen source ↗
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 03What is the difference between a bank’s liquidity and its capital?Open source ↗
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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The LCR framework evaluates stressed cash inflows and outflows over a 30-calendar-day period.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026The LCR is calculated as the institution’s high-quality liquid asset amount divided by its total net cash outflow amount.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026The U.S. Liquidity Coverage Ratio applies to covered Board-regulated institutions rather than identically to every U.S. bank.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026Liquidity and capital are different: a solvent bank can still fail if it cannot meet rapid cash demands.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026For institutions subject to the Federal Reserve LCR rule, the required liquidity coverage ratio is generally at least 1.0.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026High-quality liquid assets are assets meeting regulatory criteria for reliability and monetization during stress, subject to applicable haircuts and composition rules.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026