In this Policy Brief, we provide quantitative evidence demonstrating that the resolution toolkit has expanded
considerably since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Purchase and assumption transactions, bridge bank
facilitation and bail-in mechanisms have all become more available for bank resolution purposes. The use of such
resolution tools is increasingly subject to least cost rules and to systemic failure considerations. These resolution tools may be available to different authorities, such as deposit insurers or resolution authorities, depending on the
jurisdiction in question. Two of the three statistical models applied point to a significant increase in resolution powers for deposit insurers
