look at how it impacts the banks and bring in larry meyer of macroeconomic advisers.earned that it's 5% for all banks, 6% for the biggest. why shouldn't it be 8% to 10%? >> well, this clearly is a balance here in terms of making sure that banks can withstand shocks and yet have enough funds available to make loans and do what banks are supposed to do. clearly, there's a view they didn't have enough liquidity and capital. this makes banks safer. but it also does have some impact on the macroeconomy. >> larry? >> balancing those things. these are very much more stringent than they were before. >> well, i mean, stringent relative to the 3% ratio. which a lot of people say is too low. you said bank vs to do what they're here to do but is leveraging themselves up what they're supposed to do? >> well, that's the part of liquidity ratios and regulators are very sensitive now to the degree of leverage in the banking system. also, by supervision. i think we have to look at this as a very significant step forward and, you know, i think that the basis international agreement did