UPSC Prelims 2018 · GS Paper 1 · Q16
Economy
Easy · Capital Adequacy Ratio
Consider the following statements regarding the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) of a bank:
1. It measures a bank's capital as a proportion of its risk-weighted assets.
2. Each individual bank is free to independently decide its own minimum CAR threshold.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?