The phrase "adjustments bank" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could potentially be used in a specific context related to finance or accounting, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "The adjustments bank will help us track all the necessary changes to our financial records."
Alternatives: "adjustment account" or "reconciliation fund".
First, the adjustment: Banks have been recapitalized and there is no longer talk of them dragging everyone down.
Excluding the adjustments, the bank said pretax profit in the third quarter more than doubled, to $5 billion, slightly below analysts' estimates.
Even the Turkish state seems to feel the need for some adjustments: New bank notes planned for circulation in 2009 picture the leader smiling, not scowling.
Excluding one-time charges and adjustments, the bank's pretax profit for the fourth quarter would have been £1.1 billion, about double the amount in the period a year earlier.
Excluding the loss on its brokerage unit, a one-time accounting charge and credit adjustments, the bank reported a profit of $3.27 billion, or $1.06 a share, up from $2.57 billion, or 84 cents a share, in the period a year earlier.
Longitudinal channel bed adjustments and bank erosion were mainly caused by exogenous influences.
"In the event that the credit ratings for one or more of these financial guarantors were downgraded, or if CIBC's own assessment of the credit status of any of the financial guarantors deteriorated significantly, it is possible that CIBC would make additional fair-value adjustments," the bank said.
"The exact timing of the first adjustment of Bank rate will be a product of the evolution of the economy.
"I'd be worried if we were seeing nothing other than an adjustment of bank lending terms," Mr. Gould said.
Adjustments to banks' balance sheets have outpaced so-called rights offerings, which allow existing shareholders to buy new stock in a company at a discount.
"The U.S. banking environment is to some extent different than the Canadian banking environment," Mr. Masrani said, adding that it demanded numerous, if small, adjustments to the bank's standard methods.
