Fed to Release Annual Bank Stress Test Results on June 26

The Federal Reserve will release results from its annual bank stress tests on June 26, covering 32 lenders with $100 billion or more in assets.

The hypothetical scenario included a severe global recession with stress in the commercial and residential real estate markets, the Fed said in a statement Thursday. The central bank will also incorporate “aggregate results” from its first exploratory analysis, but that portion won’t affect bank-capital requirements

Stress tests are a tool measuring whether banks have sufficient capital to absorb losses so that they’re able to lend to households and businesses even in a severe recession.

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