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Canada’s banking regulator, OSFI, reduced the domestic stability buffer (DSB) to 3.0 per cent from 3.5 per cent of a bank’s risk-weighted assets and lowered the DSB range to 0-3 per cent from 0-4 per cent.
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Who
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canada's biggest banks (Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Bank of Canada), Peter Routledge
What
Canada’s banking regulator, OSFI, reduced the domestic stability buffer (DSB) to 3.0 per cent from 3.5 per cent of a bank’s risk-weighted assets and lowered the DSB range to 0-3 per cent from 0-4 per cent.
When
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:00:05 GMT · 3h 56m ago
Where
Canada ·
Why
The reduction aims to free up lending for businesses and consumers, support Canada’s economy, and unleash investment capital at a critical economic adjustment period.
The Frontline Impact
How this affects you
The change provides banks with greater capacity for lending, potentially boosting infrastructure building and economic growth, and allows lenders to add a combined total of $673-billion in risk-weighted assets to their balance sheets.
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