Just to illustrate my previous post on NZ bank capital, the recent dashboard has shown a drop in CET1 capital ratios.

The September size adjusted Net CET1 ratio  was 11.35%, down from 11.43% in June. Contributing to the drop are, in particular, big banks ANZ and Westpac. 

Unfortunately, the recent FSR report spins the ratios: “Bank capital and liquidity ratios are in excess of current regulatory requirements, and have increased over the past 12 months.” But note, the ratios dropped over the last quarter.

If you want to make the same cool graphs, see my Python code on Github: click here.