Fed: Major banks all pass stress test

Published June 23, 2016 8:40pm ET



All 33 banks tested would survive a steep downturn while maintaining good health, the Federal Reserve announced Thursday in releasing the results of annual bank stress tests.

The banks, the 33 largest in the U.S., would weather a severe recession with $385 billion in losses over nine quarters. Even with those losses, they maintain a minimum level of equity to be considered healthy under the Fed’s definition.

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