Recession 101: Feds' 'stress test' for banks explained

Apr 25th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle

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WASHINGTON - After weeks of speculation, regulators led by the Federal Reserve are telling banks how they fared in the "stress tests" at the center of the Obama administration's financial rescue plan.

Markets rallied and investors breathed a little easier Friday after a Fed news release on the methods underlying the stress tests. But the white paper, which one former bank examiner for the Fed called "not for mass consumption," left lay people wondering what it all means.

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