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The stress tests were aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than currently expected.

Release of the bank data was considered the main benefit of the stress tests, which were widely criticized as being lenient overall.

He said plants that are still in operation will be evaluated under a more comprehensive second stage of stress tests.

But he said the Federal Reserve needed to conclude the stress tests before deciding who needed more capital.

The Bank of Spain said it would soon publish the results of "stress tests" that will reveal whether Spanish banks have adequate capital.

The results of stress tests, due on July 15th, should show how much more help is required.

The Fed chief also said he expected the bank stress tests would help restore confidence in the US financial sector.

The adverse scenario of the bank stress tests, far from being outside the range of experience or expectation, is not far from the mean.

However, he said the Fed is unlikely to repeat in the near term the extensive stress-tests done on major U. S. banks earlier this year.

The stress tests were aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than expected.

The stress tests did not stop investors offloading shares in Europe's big banks, even those with the thickest capital cushions.

S. Fed is still in wait-and-see mode. As for Europe, there are still the bank stress tests to deal with, as Mr. Annunziata points out.

He also acknowledged that falls in the value of land used as collateral had not been fully taken into account in the stress tests.

The Federal Reserve wants to subject US banks to annual stress tests, reserving the right to veto dividend pay-outs if they do not pass.

Second, the results of the stress tests must be part of a comprehensive, forward-looking package to resolve problems at banks.

Shamefully, the purpose of the stress tests is not to ensure that depositors' money is safe or that taxpayers will not be called on again.

American banks that got a clean bill of health in this month's stress tests are queuing up to repay government money.

The stress tests are a central part of the Obama administration's effort to restore confidence in the U. S. banking system.

And it's here deep down under the water that NASA is giving people stress tests to help astronauts way way up in space.

Systemwide stress tests might also highlight common exposures and "crowded trades" that would not be visible in tests confined to one firm.

The monetary authority requires banks to perform frequent stress tests, and conducts its own regularly, as well.

"These complications are the equivalent of a failed stress test, " she says. Doctors use exercise stress tests to diagnose heart disease.

The July stress tests, which did not allow for sovereign defaults, offer scant guidance.

Most policymakers now accept that stress tests of the continent's banks in July were nowhere near tough enough to restore confidence.

In Europe, she endorses tougher stress-tests and a more coercive approach to balance-sheet repair.

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But global markets fell Tuesday following a report in The Wall Street Journal questioning the rigor of the European stress tests.

Meanwhile, about twenty big banks are being forced to undergo "stress tests, " to see if they need more capital.

Ireland's spectacular bail-out of its banks, just months after they passed the stress tests, also rattled investors.

This is why today's publication of stress tests results, while useful, is unlikely to be the game-changer it could have been two years ago.

I don't think the bank stress tests will necessarily undermine confidence further.

The European Banking Authority, or EBA, had subjected banks in July to 'stress tests' to see how well they could weather trouble.

The long-awaited results of the "stress tests" set off an immediate scramble by major institutions for more capital.

The Obama administration announced the stress tests - a process of examining banks' ability to withstand future losses - back in February.

Reynders said he sought a "common view" on stress tests with the International Monetary Fund.

Whether the government likes it or not, hundreds of analysts around the world will reverse engineer the stress tests.

Any risk manager in a bank who has not considered far more extreme developments than those in the stress tests should be fired.

Much will depend on bank "stress tests" , with which the ECB has assisted, results of which are scheduled for publication this month.

US bank stocks rallied as the worst of the fears over the stress tests were soothed by Tim Geithner, the Treasury secretary.

Markets have run out of momentum since the US banks passed their stress tests.

Eight cited the bank stress tests and related capital-raising by banks.

The figure emerged from stress tests carried out on the troubled Irish banking sector following the financial crisis.

But while in Madrid the stress tests are part of a political commitment to resolve the banking problems, that is not the case elsewhere.

A year after the stress tests, employees increasingly have options, according to the survey.

It applied the loan-loss criteria that the Fed used in its stress tests of the largest banks.

The nastiest risk is that bank results turn out to be considerably worse than those predicted in its stress tests.

The European Union is conducting stress tests on 143 nuclear plants to see how they would withstand shocks.

But Moody's downgrades coincided with a rerun of the European Banking Authority's stress tests of the region's banks.

The first details were provided of the stress tests being carried out on the European Union's largest banks.

Trading activity picked up a little in recent days after the release of the European bank stress tests.

Seven out of the 91 banks tested in the European Union's stress tests failed, Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) said Friday.

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They had passed US government's stress tests in May that assessed whether banks had the money to withstand further shocks to the economy.

The European Union's stress tests are designed to restore investor confidence in a battered banking sector, but they are not without a flaw.

You can argue at length about whether the stress tests are completely "correct" or not.

When one of the stress tests results in a failure, the analysis lab takes a closer look at the device.

But it seems that the plan is for the European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU's banking regulator, to rerun its July stress tests.

Many will have to raise equity to pass the next round of European stress tests.

The Europe-wide "stress tests" used to measure the health of the sector have bordered on being a joke.

Federal Reserve officials are preparing to conduct a new round of stress tests on American banks with a euro-area collapse in mind.

The comments by the RBI come just days after Europe published the results of stress tests of the region's leading financial institutions.

The Federal Reserve issued its final rules for a second round of stress tests at America's biggest banks.

Risk management was risible, with risk limits raised whenever they were breached and dodgy investments excluded from stress tests.

Here, stress tests have looked at the possibility of a second recession but not a government-debt crisis.

Since the announcements of the Treasury-imposed stress tests in May 2009, banks have raised more than $140 billion in new equity capital.

The first generation of stress tests simply took a variable and subjected it to a shock.

Yet, even with those caveats, the fact that the stress tests have now taken place is certainly reason to cheer.

An agreement to publish bank "stress tests" across the European Union would mark a significant policy U-turn by Berlin.

In recent weeks, the main equity indices have been trending higher, helped by good US earnings and the European stress tests.

Mr Viniar told the Financial Times that results from the stress tests on European banks could serve as a catalyst for renewed confidence.

The likely approval on dividends comes as the Federal Reserve completes a second round of stress tests for the nation's 19 largest banks.

This raises some fascinating short-term issues about how the bond markets might respond to the stress tests.

The stress tests follow a pattern that has been evident since the outbreak of the acute phase of the financial crisis in September 2008.

Domestic media have reported other ministries are conducting similar investigations, dubbed ' stress tests . '

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank's stress tests each year, the results of a closer comparison.

Late Thursday, the government released the results of a special examination, so-called stress tests, of the nineteen largest banks.

Though their details deserve debate, the underlying logic of the US and European commercial bank stress tests is irrefutable.

Some economists have questioned whether the stress tests were rigorous enough to provide a true gauge of health in America's banking sector.

Yes, the Treasury dressed the TARP up with the rigor of the 'stress tests, ' but at its core Geithner's primary policy is the TARP.

The results of the stress tests were a big step along the road the administration is taking.

The key to encouraging selling could be the "stress tests" being conducted on the 19 largest banks, which are due to conclude in late April.

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His comments point to a broader complication in designing and implementing stress tests: the problem of free riders.

The recently ballyhooed 'stress tests' on banks are nothing more than checking how well a bank can weather differing levels of default risk.

The stress tests were not the final dose of medicine the banking system would need to recover, as many seemed to assume.

Whatever the merits of their recent stress tests, that ongoing flaw explains why Europe's banks may still battle to finance themselves.

The obvious remedy is to force banks to write down their assets further as part of the governments' continuing stress tests.

That concern is driven partly by a lack of trust in the integrity of 'stress tests' of euro-zone banks earlier this year.

Meanwhile, questions emerged over the stress tests of European banks, promptingconcerns over their health.

This was the worst-case scenario in the stress tests.

The best Europe can do for banks is to subject them to credible stress tests and force more capital on the weakest.

Firms will face stress tests and will have to cut their dependence on short-term wholesale funding.

Even after many banks passed this summer's government-imposed 'stress tests, ' economists believe such assets still pose a danger.

The Treasury Department is conducting so-called "stress tests" of major banks to gauge their viability in today's tough economic times.

On Tuesday, Oettinger announced EU member states had agreed to carry out stress tests at the region's 143 nuclear plants.

Investors are awaiting the results of European bank stress tests, which are scheduled to be released on July 23.

European banks also rallied on optimism most would pass the European banking stress tests, giving a boost to the wider market.

It is the latest in the big round of capital-raising by financial institutions following the Treasury-administered "stress tests" .

Doing so might reveal important interactions that are missed by stress tests at the level of the individual firm.

Government stress tests revealed a badly damaged but still viable cadre of big banks, and those results shored up confidence.

They use regular meetings, stress tests, and the Friday Field Trip program to encourage virtual world exploration and adoption.

None of this is to suggest that the US stress tests were flawless.

It is now clear the new stress tests must be much tougher.

This year's stress tests represent the first time there has been a uniform way to measure these exposures.

The EU says no additional funds are needed, but it will require a new round of stress tests to make sure European banks are sound.

To this end they should now conduct stress tests of systemic institutions and publish the results.

In the stress tests, regulators used some estimates of likely losses on loans that were tougher than observers had expected.

The JUnitPerf framework enables you to quickly turn tests into simple load tests and even stress tests.

Governments, which must pay for any future bail-outs, will also view any effort to centralise stress tests with suspicion.

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The selloff comes just ahead of the release of the results of the latest round of European bank stress tests.

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Eurozone policy excludes debt restructuring, and the forthcoming European bank stress tests duck the issue.

Designing a system of stress tests for European banks is also complicated by the range of problems faced by banks in different countries.

That echoed strong performances last week when markets welcomed the results of European bank stress tests.

But they felt in a bind, because critics had derided the initial July stress tests as too weak.

It should distinguish between unit tests and other tests, like load or stress tests. That will let different tests run at different times.

The stress tests, remember, were conducted when banks were financially and politically weak.

The funding markets briefly welcomed some Spanish lenders after European stress tests last July.

The stress tests ended much better than they could have.

National Bank of Greece SA, the country's biggest lender, will pass stress tests, chairman Vassilios T. Rapanos said this week.

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Quantitative easing and the smooth completion of the stress tests for banks has eased tension.

Banking shares fell sharply on Monday on debt fears and concerns about the credibility of last Friday's Europe-wide bank stress tests.

Last week's European bank stress tests might represent another small step away from the brink.

Bernanke also tried to play down Wall Street's fears about the results of the crucial "stress tests" faced by US banks, expected this week.

Finally, bank recapitalisations should be accompanied by stricter stress tests.

Last week, Boeing announced its latest delay in the 787 program after it disclosed a problem during stress tests of the plane's wings.

The European Union also has ordered so-called stress tests for all the region's nuclear reactors.

When the Treasury completes its stress tests to evaluate the largest banks soon, Goldman should pass with flying colours.

And it requires stress tests to weed weak nerved dogs out of the gene pool.

I am not surprised that the Bundesbank's Mr Weber resists the publication of stress tests for the banking system.

The Fed's objections came after another round of stress tests on banks, the results of which have not been divulged.

No big new reason for alarm has arrived since the stress tests.

When the Treasury completes its stress tests to evaluate the largest banks soon, Goldman should pass with flying colors.

The stress tests seek to measure a bank's ability to continue lending under extreme economic conditions.

The stress tests assumed some further loss only on the value of those bonds in the trading books.

Calibrated and deterministic noise for repeatable stress tests, and random noise generation provide all-in-one capability.

But Germany is cagey about new stress tests and reluctant to recapitalise its institutions.

America's Treasury released details about the "stress tests" that are being applied under the new Capital Assistance Programme.

One is to conduct credible stress tests and recapitalise banks that fail.

Much of this quarter's equity issuance came after banks rushed to raise nearly $90 billion following the government's stress tests.

The decision to publish the results of stress tests follows weeks of turmoil in financial markets.

America wants German and Spanish banks to publish the results of U. S. -style stress tests. They refuse.

In America and Europe they have imposed stress tests to see how vulnerable their banks are to bad loans.

Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner's proposed "stress tests" may work.

Warren also criticized the stress tests for gauging banks' health through the end of 2010.

This may require them to raise even more capital, whatever the stress tests and their regulators say.

The reason? In part, it lies with those stress tests which Washington has just conducted on its largest 19 banks.

The US Treasury is conducting "stress tests" of banks, to boost investor confidence.

In America, for instance, banks have been told to run stress tests with scenarios that include a huge leap in interest rates.

Incredibly, stress tests failed to include many of Lehman's most illiquid assets.

Just being transparent about which banks clearly passed the stress tests would alleviate many of the fears.

The outcome will be decided by more than the design and execution of the stress tests for the 19 selected institutions.

Rigorous stress tests followed by capital injections are the most important step that governments can take to secure the euro's place.

Analysts broadly welcomed the results of the stress tests.

Major banks, forced by the stress tests to raise capital and open their books, are stronger and more competitive.

Europe's latest round of stress tests provides another incentive to boost buffers.

Stress tests conducted by the Fed in 2009 helped rebuild confidence in the battered US financial system.

Several misconceptions plague the stress tests.

The second puzzle happened last week when the Fed reported on the methods used by bank examiners for the stress tests.

Finally the stress tests must be stage-managed competently.

The smallest firm subject to the Fed's stress tests in May had risk-adjusted assets of about $100 billion.

Nor am I persuaded that the "stress tests" of bank capital under way will lead to action that fills the capital hole.

Results of stress tests for the sector are due out after the close of European trading.

That is exactly why such stress tests for banks aren't likely to lead to any concrete policy changes.

Stress tests are a relatively new exercise in the Chinese banking system and April's were the most exacting ever in the country.

Though some analysts balk at the lack of stress in the stress tests, the Chinese central bank essentially backs all deposits.

"IT'S an analyst's wet dream, " says one banker of the European stress tests announced on July 23rd.

TARP injections, along with Fed-run stress tests, helped big banks with more than $100 billion in assets.

Federal regulators mandated that review as part of the government's stress tests of the nation's top banks.

Stress tests should be subject to stress tests.

Funding markets have edged open following the stress tests in July.

The government is also conducting stress tests to determine how banks will perform if property prices plummet.

On June 17th the European Union's leaders agreed that stress tests should be made public in late July.

The stress tests should be tougher than now planned.

After all, America's stress tests in May 2009 were criticised at first but gradually came to be viewed more favourably.

The stress tests also involve no scrutiny of individual banks.

All these institutions should now be forced to submit to stress tests more rigorous than any yet applied.

That is the main reason why the International Monetary Fund this week called on Europe to conduct stress tests on individual banks.

This would be up from a 4% threshold imposed on U. S. banks after the 2009 stress tests.

Now European officials are planning a new round of stress tests next year.

Echocardiogram and stress tests are used only to evaluate exertional symptoms (echo first in this case) or suspected organic heart disease.

Japan's government says two-stage "stress tests" will be carried out at all of the country's nuclear reactors.

Our concerns go beyond the current stress tests.

For this a new European Union-wide programme is needed, and one not reliant on fudged estimates and phoney stress tests.

Results will start to arrive next week from European leaders' so-called 'stress tests' of 91 banks.

In effect the stress tests asked American banks if they had more capital than losses.

All nineteen banks are expected to pass the stress tests.

It is ideal for general purpose bench tests or advanced serial data stress tests.

It is unclear how many of the 19 banks undergoing the stress tests might need more capital and of those how many could see such conversions.

The government finally took steps to stabilize the system with TARP in late 2008 and stress tests for the banks in early 2009.

Results from the European Union's bank stress tests will be published starting at 6 p. m. Brussels time today.

Ten of 19 U. S. banks subjected to stress tests were deemed undercapitalized and ordered to raise a total of $75 billion.

Another round of bank stress tests will be conducted in the months ahead.

Depending on how those banks fare in the stress tests, the Fed may let them start repaying the government in the coming weeks.

Investors also awaited the results of stress tests on 91 European banks due on Friday.

Banks climbed on Monday as investors had their first chance to react to results of European stress tests.

S. did with the much-maligned, now much-celebrated 'stress tests' of 2009.

Fresh doubts were cast on the stress tests released in July on 91 European lenders.

Annual stress tests will be conducted on these firms.

In this, the stress tests exemplify the frustrating and unstable hybrid that is European financial integration.

The real test of loyalty could come now that the stress tests are over.

It is precisely the situation the stress tests were meant to avoid.

Web tests are used both in performance tests and stress tests.

Anglo Irish, the third-biggest bank in Ireland, wasn't included in the stress tests.

This view is based on stress tests that we conduct regularly for banks.

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That is why the UK has already gone further with tougher stress tests that mean our banks are well capitalised.

In July the government asked banks to conduct stress tests assuming a 60% decline in housing values.

This is precisely why Europe's leaders agreed last month to new banking stress tests.

Ten US banks fail 'stress tests'

But such stress tests are beatable and not admissible in court.

Just look at the Geithner stress tests.

If that is the answer, then the stress tests were asking the wrong question.

More banking stress-tests will be carried out.

After all, the stress tests in America in 2009 helped restore confidence there.

The model for setting future capital rules is the stress tests that the Fed conducted last year to gauge the strength of individual banks.

That is why Europe is doing these stress tests today.

The kind of erosion of capital forecast by the Federal Reserve's stress tests last year, for example, has simply not materialised.

The good news is that a process already exists for doing stress tests.

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