A framework for advice on the countercyclical capital buffer
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The countercyclical capital buffer is a time-varying capital requirement for banks and one of the macroprudential instruments in Norway. The Ministry of Finance sets the buffer rate. Norges Bank is responsible for preparing a decision basis and advising the Ministry of Finance on the level of the buffer every quarter. The aim of this paper is to provide an updated, detailed description of the principles and information basis for Norges Bank’s advice on the countercyclical capital buffer. Compared with a similar paper from 2013 (Norges Bank Papers 1/2013), this updated paper contains a more elaborate description of the most important elements of the assessments on which a recommendation is based, both when the buffer is to be built up and when it is to be reduced.