## figure2-2

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### 1. Minimum Capital Requirements under Basel II and Basel III (Percent)
- Basel IIBasel IIIBasel III (presentation of regimes as panels)
- Minimum requirement values shown in the figure: 2%, 4%, 4.5%, 4.5%–7%, 2%, 4% (values preserved as they appear in the figure)

### 2. Adoption of Definition of Capital by Non-BCBS Countries (Number of countries, as of end of 2015)
- Adoption categories shown in the figure: Draft regulation not published; Draft regulation published; Final rule published; Final rule in force
- Compliance gradings shown in the figure: Compliant; Largely compliant; Materially noncompliant

### 3. Capital Buffers (Percent)
- Global median across medians at the country level is used for panels 3 and 5.
- The shaded area denotes the global financial crisis (GFC).
- Caption summary: "... thus contributing to a widespread postcrisis thickening of capital buffers ..."

### 4. Changes in Capital Buffers Relative to Precrisis Period (Percentage points)
- Comparison periods shown: GFC; 2010–16; 2017 relative to pre-GFC period (2000–07)
- Presentation detail: In panel 4, each bar represents the difference in means in the GFC, in the 2010–16 period, and in 2017 relative to the pre-GFC period (2000–07).
- Statistical significance: Solid bars indicate that the differences are statistically significant at the 10 percent level.
- Numerical axis implied in figure: –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (percentage-point scale as depicted)

### 5. Bank Asset Composition (Percent)
- Caption summary: "This was in part achieved through a de-risking of bank assets. Today, the majority of banking assets reside in countries with good-quality capital regulation and supervision."
- Series or axes indicated in the figure for panel 5 use percent scale with ticks: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70 (as depicted)

### 6. Quality of Regulation and Supervision of Capital Based on FSAP Data (Percent of total banking assets)
- The S29 is the group of 29 countries included in the Financial Stability Board Shadow Banking Monitor.
- Not all S29 and BCBS countries have been graded since the crisis.
- Panel 6 is based on the results of past and ongoing IMF FSAPs.
- Axes or timeline markers shown in panel 6 indicate years/ticks: 0 1 2 0000 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (graphical tick series as presented)

### Key contextual findings and statements (verbatim phrases from figure)
- "... thus contributing to a widespread postcrisis thickening of capital buffers ..."
- "The Basel III standards called for higher and better-quality bank capital ..."
- "... and these standards were adopted well beyond the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS) countries ..."
- "... leaving bank capital significantly larger today than before the crisis."

Sources: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (2010); Fitch Connect; IMF, 2017 Macroprudential Policy Survey; IMF, Financial Sector Assessment Program; World Bank, Global Financial Development Database; and IMF staff calculations.

*Note: Panels 3 and 5 correspond to the global median across medians at the country level for all countries in the sample. The shaded area denotes the global financial crisis (GFC). In panel 4, each bar represents the difference in means in the GFC, in the 2010–16 period, and in 2017 relative to the pre-GFC period (2000–07). Solid bars indicate that the differences are statistically significant at the 10 percent level. In panel 6, the S29 is the group of 29 countries included in the Financial Stability Board Shadow Banking Monitor. Not all S29 and BCBS countries have been graded since the crisis. Panel 6 is based on the results of past and ongoing IMF FSAPs. BCBS = Basel Committee for Banking Supervision; FSAP = Financial Sector Assessment Program; G-SIBs = global systemically important banks; RWA = risk-weighted assets.*

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