Banks' Risk-Weighted Assets (Local Currency) rose 7.52% yoy to PAB 72.0 bil in Panama in 2Q2016

Banks' risk-weighted assets rose 7.52% yoy to PAB 72.0 bil in Panama in 2Q2016, according to the National Central Bank. This is 1.25% more than in the previous quarter.

Historically, banks' risk-weighted assets in Panama reached an all time high of PAB 72.0 bil in 2Q2016 and an all time low of PAB 20.3 bil in 2Q2005. When compared to Panama's main peers, banks' risk-weighted assets in Colombia amounted to COP 470,969 bil, CRC 21,114 bil in Costa Rica, HNL 287 bil in Honduras and NIO 167 bil in Nicaragua in 2Q2016.

Panama has been ranked 77th within the group of 100 countries we follow in terms of banks' risk-weighted assets, 60 places below the position seen 10 years ago.