Stress Test for Banks

Five Reasons The Bank Stress Tests Are Unreliable

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

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A simple guide to why the stress tests weren't stressful enough: 1. The stress test allows for a debt-to-net capital ratio of 25 to 1. That is far hi...

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Julie Satow

Stress Tests: It Might Have Been Different If Fed Had Restricted Bank Dividends

HuffingtonPost.com | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Citigroup needs another $5 billion in capital according to stress test results leaked this week. But it might not have needed that money if it hadn't ...

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Stress Test Results: Banks Need More Funds

AP | DANIEL WAGNER and JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Ten of the nation's largest financial firms need to raise $75 billion more to withstand the losses that would come with a deeper re...

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