Biggest Banks Can Withstand Severe Downturn, $685 Billion in Losses, Fed Says

Economy

WASHINGTON—Big U.S. banks passed their latest annual stress test, with the Federal Reserve finding they would be able to continue lending to households and businesses in a severe recession, even while suffering steeper losses than last year’s tests.

This year’s exercise measured the 31 biggest banks’ ability to maintain strong capital levels in a hypothetical recession marked by double-digit unemployment and a severe stock-market decline.

Source: WSJ

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