As the 2008–2009 financial crisis unfolded, one major U.S. bank had a leverage ratio of 50. In Canada, regulators put a ceiling of 20 on bank leverage ratios. Compare the change in asset values that...

As the 2008–2009 financial crisis unfolded, one major U.S. bank had a leverage ratio of 50.
In Canada, regulators put a ceiling of 20 on bank leverage ratios. Compare the change in
asset values that would push the capital in the U.S. bank to zero with the change required
to eliminate capital in a Canadian bank at the ceiling-leverage ratio. What is the implication
of the differences in maximum leverage ratios for the stability of the banking system?