Sergey Russov, Olga ProkofievaPublished in:
Global Markets and Financial Engineering (Russian version)
– Volume 3, Number 2 (April-June, 2016)

JEL classification: E58, G31, G32

Keywords: capital, central bank, placements, reserves


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Abstract:

In the conditions of global economic instability and crisis in the world banking system, the problem of negative equity capitals of central banks of different states with ever increasing frequency becomes relevant. The present article contains the key moments of this problem that are the analysis object of foreign economists, including Central Bank's solvency, sufficiency of the Central Bank's capital, securing of financial sustainability of the bank’s functioning. The authors also analyze how the Central Bank’s formation of reserves for internal (foreign exchange and native currency denominated) placements influences on the volume of equity capital.

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