Minimum capital levels set after Fed stress test

Reserve capital requirements increase as banks falter under simulated stressors.

Every year, the Federal Reserve subjects the balance sheets of large banks to a Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review. This is a stress test modeled on hypothetical economic downturns. The stress tests and their pendant requirements were first mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis.

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