Every once in a while, the Federal Reserve has to step aside from its primary function of keeping markets safe and employment running strong - without too much inflation - to ensure banks are doing okay. What's called the Fed's “stress test” ended last week, and despite some concerns about the state of consumer credit, most banks passed with flying colors.
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Here is a rundown of some of the Friday announcements from U.S. banks that were subject to this week's stress tests.
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Ten large banks including Bank of America , Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase will pay $46 million to settle a long-running antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to rig the now $465.9 trillion market for interest rate swaps.
Oppenheimer analysts cautioned investors not to “burn too many brain cells on deciphering the Fed's logic” as analysts gave the annual exercise mixed reviews on Thursday.
Big U.S. banks had enough capital to weather a potentially severe economic downturn but some of their risky businesses could hypothetically take a major hit this year, according to results of the Federal Reserve's annual stress test.
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Big U.S. banks survived a hypothetical 40% drop in commercial real estate values as a part of the U.S. Federal Reserve's annual health test, easing fears about the banking sector as landlords struggle in a higher-for-longer interest rate world.