In July 2013, the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved the revised framework as final rules, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved the revised framework as an interim final rule. The final rules and interim final rule are substantively identical.
The estimation tool is not part of the revised capital framework and not a component of regulatory reporting. Results from the tool are simplified estimates that may not precisely reflect banks' actual capital ratios under the framework. Additionally, banks should be aware that the estimation tool requires certain manual inputs that could have meaningful effects on results and should reference the revised capital framework when using the estimation tool.