Liquidity ratios

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Related to Liquidity ratios: current ratio, Leverage ratios, Profitability ratios, Efficiency Ratios, Solvency Ratios

Liquidity ratios

Ratios that measure a firm's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations on time, such as the ratio of current assets to current liabilities.

Cash Asset Ratio

A ratio of a company's cash and liquid assets to its total liabilities. A cash asset ratio measures a company's liquidity and how easily it can service debt and cover short-term liabilities if the need arises. As a result, potential creditors use this ratio in determining whether or not to make short-term loans. It is also called the liquidity ratio and the current ratio.

Cash Ratio

1. A ratio of a company's cash and liquid assets to its total liabilities. A cash ratio is a measure of company's liquidity and how easily it can service debt and cover short-term liabilities if the need arises. As a result, potential creditors use this ratio in determining whether or not to make short-term loans. It is also called the liquidity ratio and the cash asset ratio.

2. In banking, a ratio of a bank's cash and cash equivalents to its demand deposits. See also: Reserve requirement.

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As with the liquidity ratios, the EP wishes to include these two ratios in the legislative text immediately and to apply them through delegated acts later, in 2017.

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While the banking sector in Turkey generally posts extremely tight loan-based liquidity ratios and liquid asset ratios, KTKB's ratios are not only far better than the average, they are among the best in the sector - and in most cases are sound in a global context.

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In line with the Basel III agreements, the Commission initially proposed an observation period prior to the introduction of the binding liquidity ratios, namely: the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) that would oblige banks to hold high-quality liquid assets and would be introduced in 2015; and the net stable funding ratio (NSFR), which would encourage banks to make use of stable resources to finance their activities, and would be introduced in 2018 after a period of observation and review.

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European banks and businesses have appealed to the EU executive to delay the introduction of legally binding liquidity ratios, which set the amount of cash banks have to hold to cover short-term and long-term debts.