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RBA Glossary definition for solvency

solvency – The capacity of an entity to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Solvency may be expressed as maintaining positive net-tangible assets.

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Appendix A: Financial Disturbances in Australia – A Chronology

31 Dec 2001 RDP 2001-07
Bryan Fitz-Gibbon and Marianne Gizycki
1987. Challenge Bank. These banks were subject to rumours about their solvency leading to deposit runs.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2001/2001-07/appendix-a.html

The 1970s

31 Dec 2001 RDP 2001-07
Bryan Fitz-Gibbon and Marianne Gizycki
support. The banks that dealt directly with the non-banks were better placed to assess their underlying solvency.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2001/2001-07/1970s.html

Theoretical Approaches to Lender-of-last-resort Policy

31 Dec 2001 RDP 2001-07
Bryan Fitz-Gibbon and Marianne Gizycki
In many cases, liquidity support is sought at the very time that the market itself is having difficulty assessing the solvency of an institution (Goodhart 1985).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2001/2001-07/theoretical-approaches-to-lender-of-last-resort-policy.html

The 1890s Depression

31 Dec 2001 RDP 2001-07
Bryan Fitz-Gibbon and Marianne Gizycki
Four main factors hindered the Associated Banks' ability to act as an effective lender of last resort: competition between banks, doubts about the fundamental solvency of those banks that suspended payment,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2001/2001-07/1890s-depression.html