Sat, Apr 25th, 2009
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.
Related stories from top sites:
Stress Test May Push 14 Banks to Raise Money, FBR's Miller Says
Apr 16th, 2009 - Bloomberg
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Regulators may compel as many as14 of the nation’s 19 largest banks to raise common equity basedon financial stress tests due to be completed next week...
Citigroup said to need up to $10 billion: report
Apr 16th, 2009 - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) may need to generate up to $10 billion in new capital to meet the requirements of the U.S. government's stress tests, the Wall...
US to Release Stress-Test Results on May 7
Apr 16th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve and Treasury Department plan to release results of their tests assessing the health of the country's 19 largest banks on Thursday, later than had been previously planned.
Govt. Releases Stress Test Details
Apr 16th, 2009 - ABC News
Would U.S. banks survive if the economy took an even deeper downturn? The Federal Reserve shed new light on how it's trying to answer that question in a report issued today on the government's bank "stress tests.
US to unveil bank test results May 4
Apr 16th, 2009 - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The results of tests to gauge how the top 19 U.S. banks would fare should the deep U.S. recession worsen will be publicly disclosed on May 4, a regulatory official said on Thursday.
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Admin wants Fed to oversee ''systemic risk'': Reuters
The Obama administration is expected to propose legislation by June calling for the U.S. Federal Reserve to play a central role in regulating systemic risk in the economy, trade association sources said on Friday. Now that the U.S. bank stress tests are over, the administration is refocusing on a drive to tighten regulation of banks and markets to (World News)
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Though some economic news of late has been not so bad--economic contraction slowing, job losses leveling off, banks passing stress tests--toxic assets still pollute the nation's financial system and endanger it, nor has anything been done to ensure this doesn't happen again.(Business & Finance)
JoeParanoidWed, Aug 12th, 200910 Diggs, 1 CommentsStress tests find small banks need to raise capital, too
A large number of smaller banks will need to raise additional capital if they want to fortify themselves against a sharp downturn in the U.S. economy.(Business & Finance)
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