The stress test, which will include 22 banks compared to last year’s 32, will feature two added hypothetical elements for the Fed’s “exploratory analysis” of the banking system.

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The U.S. Federal Reserve has outlined an easier stress test for America’s banks and other financial institutions this year.

While the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act requires the Fed to stress test major banks, the central bank has used its discretion to come up with hypothetical economic situations to test the banks against.

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The Fed also said it would soon be taking steps to "reduce the volatility of stress test results and begin to improve model transparency" in the 2025 exam. Bank shares rose Thursday after the ...