Stress tests
Elizabeth Warren publicly rejects Powell reappointment
Senator calls Jerome Powell “a dangerous man to head up the Fed”
Authorities should consider stress-testing global supply chains – BoE paper
While global supply chains have not changed much, the shocks impacting them have, researchers say
Stress tests key for financial stability – Benchmarks participants
Most Benchmarks participants conduct stress tests more than once a year, but methods vary
ECB’s stress capital buffer still a ‘black box’ – banks
National regulators retain wide latitude to set Pillar 2 Guidance under new rules
Green finance and mispricing: what role for central banks and governments?
Governments and central banks cannot stay on the sidelines if they are to fix market mispricing, says Sayuri Shirai
ECB stress test highlights importance of credit risk
Mid-sized banks suffer higher capital depletion due to lower income from interest and fees
Ignoring fire sales weakens stress tests – Bank of Austria paper
Paper presents new method for calculating effects of deleveraging by distressed banks
Covid and the cloud: a turning point for central banks?
As central banks embrace new technology, providers are jostling to be first in line
Climate training hub launched by international consortium
BIS training platform will act as single access point for climate risk training for central banks
Stress tests may be poor guide to capital levels – BIS paper
Authors develop model of how “noisy” tests may cause problems for regulators
RBI scales back predictions of rise in stressed assets
Indian central bank says policy support has helped curb rise in non-performing assets
Big banks pass Fed stress tests
Quarles: “The banking system is strongly positioned to support the ongoing recovery”
Bank of England prepares for first public CCP stress test
Discussion paper sets out eight components of supervisory stress test for key market infrastructure
Policy-makers debate central banks’ role in tackling climate change
Some see central banks as important co-ordinators; others warn they could overreach
BoE outlines climate stress tests
Tests planned as “learning exercise” and will not be used to set capital requirements
Mandatory climate disclosures needed now – senior central bankers
Greening monetary policy operations should also be a priority, policy-makers say
Bank of Canada voices concern over house prices
Financial regulator imposes minimum rate on new uninsured mortgages
BoE’s Breeden urges financial firms to run climate scenarios before ‘time runs out’
Firms need to re-examine risk models to ensure all transmission channels are considered
EU banks that were stress-tested reduced credit risk – ECB paper
Banks that were subject to 2016 stress tests reduced risk compared with control group, researchers find
PBoC’s Yi says central banks can contribute to net zero
Mandatory disclosures and stress tests are needed to incentivise market’s transition to green economy, PBoC governor says
PBoC to more than double scope of stress tests
Chinese central bank will stress-test over 4,000 banks and plans to include all banks by 2023
Federal Reserve to end payout caps for better-capitalised banks
Fed will lift limits on payouts and buy-backs for banks passing stress tests on capital levels
Central bank of the year: The Federal Reserve System
Overwhelming Fed interventions in March 2020 forestalled a damaging global financial crisis, as policy overhaul prompts introspection in Europe and Japan
Risk manager: National Bank of Georgia
Liquidity stress tests provided confidence to ease daily thresholds, and offer exchange rate, internal market and financial system support, without forcing the liquidation of illiquid reserves