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...that the bank stress tests are completed, is it time to plan another round? The government's bank exams, the results of which were released in early May, seem to have calmed the market and paved the way for the nation's largest financial firms to raise tens of billions of dollars. As a result, a number of academics and policy watchers are warming to the idea of making the stress tests permanent. They like the fact that the stress tests have restored confidence in most of the nation's largest banks. What's more, they argue that even...
...think a souped-up version would be an interesting exercise to do on a routine basis," says John Irons, research and policy director at the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute think tank. "I could imagine in good times that this type of stress test could remind people not to get caught up in the irrational exuberance of bank booms." (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...book explores challenges to fertility, and it's here that readers will find fewer silly what-ifs and more sage advice. The book follows the same Q&A format as others in the series. One question: "I'm a stresser by nature, so naturally I'm already stressing about how stress is going to affect my chances of getting pregnant. Help...
...deans of all 12 Houses. “I can’t imagine the House functioning without us. House life would effectively fall apart,” said Otto F. Coontz, assistant to the Adams House resident dean, adding that yesterday alone, he consoled two students dealing with stress related to finals—a task he said he fulfilled willingly, but not one that is specified in his job description. “The thought of cutting [resident deans’ assistants] is ridiculous when there are a number of administrators at the College level that...
...Capital Actions." The credit is for the conversion of preferred stock that Citi says it plans to do but has not yet completed. Among the other 18 banks that were examined, only one other, Bank of America, was allowed to include a similar credit in the results of its stress test. And at $1.8 billion, BofA's credit was far less a factor in the outcome of its test than Citi's was. Since the stress tests, other banks have announced plans or have been able to quickly complete capital-raising deals. Yet, unlike Citi and BofA, none of these...