Bank Z-Score for United Arab Emirates (DDSI01AEA645NWDB)

Source: World Bank  

Release: Global Financial Development  

Units:  Z-score, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

It captures the probability of default of a country's banking system, calculated as a weighted average of the z-scores of a country's individual banks (the weights are based on the individual banks' total assets). Z-score compares a bank's buffers (capitalization and returns) with the volatility of those returns.

It captures the probability of default of a country's banking system, calculated as a weighted average of the z-scores of a country's individual banks (the weights are based on the individual banks' total assets). Z-score compares a bank's buffers (capitalization and returns) with the volatility of those returns. It is estimated as (ROA+(equity/assets))/sd(ROA); sd(ROA) is the standard deviation of ROA. (Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope)

Source Code: GFDD.SI.01