What Steps Do Banks Take to Reduce Their Exposure to Credit

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Essay

What steps do banks take to reduce their exposure to credit risk?

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Definitions:

Mood Disorders

A category of psychiatric disorders characterized by the disturbance of a person's mood, leading to periods of depression or elevated mood.

Imagined Loss

Freudian theory that the individual unconsciously interprets all types of loss events (e.g., job loss) in terms of grief, thereby raising the risk for depression.

Magnification / Catastrophizing

The cognitive distortion that involves seeing a situation as far worse than it actually is, often leading to heightened anxiety or stress.

Hypomanic Episode

A period characterized by a persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that is distinctly different from the individual’s usual non-depressed mood and lasts at least four days.