For a loan portfolio, unexpected losses are charged against:

Credit reserves are created in respect of expected losses, which are considered the cost of doing

business. Unexpected losses are borne by economic credit capital, which is a part of economic

capital. This question is a bit nuanced - and 'economic capital' would generally be a good answer as

well. However, taking a rather beady eyed view of the terminology and distinguishing between

'economic credit capital' which is a subset of 'economic capital', we can say that 'economic credit

capital' is a more appropriate Choice 'a's the question relates to credit losses.