8  BIS central bankers’ speeches  which a difficult tradeoff between financial stability considerations and near-term growth or price stability aims will need to be made. BIS central bankers’ speeches  9
The risk weights and provisioning ratios were increased for sensitive sectors such as capital market, housing, commercial real estate during the period when the boom was building up. The ratios were brought down post Oct 2008 when the economy started slowing down on the back of global turmoil.