CAPITAL TO RISK ASSET RATIO Definition

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CAPITAL TO RISK ASSET RATIO (CRAR) is one of the most widely used analytical measures of bank capital adequacy and a tool for controlling bank risk. Since risk assets are always less than total assets, the capital/risk asset ratio is naturally higher than the capital/total asset ratio for any given computational period.

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DEFICIT BUDGET is where the estimates of expenses are greater than estimates of revenue.

RETROACTIVE is to affect and modify things past, e.g. a retroactive tax increase.

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