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Citi May Need Extra $10B to Pass Stress Test

Fed delays release of results as banks haggle over initial findings

May 2, 09 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Citigroup may have to scrape together as much as $10 billion in fresh capital to pass the Fed's stress tests for big banks, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal. The release of the tests—which assess how a bank could weather various dire scenarios—has been pushed back from Monday... More »

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Citigroup • Federal Reserve • bank • financial crisis • stress tests

 Fed to Release 
 Stress Test Results Next Week 

Data will show potential losses in specific loan categories

May 1, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US will learn the fiscal health of its 19 biggest banks Thursday, when the Federal Reserve and Treasury release the results of the “stress tests,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Delayed somewhat, the results will contain potential loss estimates in specific loan categories for each bank, and... More »

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Federal Reserve • capital • Treasury Department • credit crisis • loan • banks • stress tests

(Newser) - Federal Reserve regulators are urging Bank of America and Citigroup to raise more capital, based on their preliminary stress test results, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with Bank of America say the shortfall numbers in the billions. But both banks are protesting, with Bank of America... More »

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Citigroup • Bank of America • Federal Reserve • capital • banking industry • stress tests

 Fed Describes 'Stress Tests' 


Apr 24, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - At the behest of the Federal Reserve, the 19 biggest US banks are projecting their losses on 12 categories of financial product such as loans and mortgage securities, the New York Times reports. The Fed, which asked the institutions to project a hypothetical scenario of a “stressed economic environment,... More »

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Federal Reserve • bank • Treasury Department • bank failure • financial crisis • stress tests

MARKETS

 Big Banks Rally; Dow Up 119 

Investors mull 'stress test' criteria

Apr 24, 09 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks gained today on some positive earnings reports, but anxiety over the ramifications of government "stress tests" kept the lid on, the Wall Street Journal reports. The disclosure of the “stress test” methodology seemed to boost the biggest banks, like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and US Bancorp,... More »

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Bank of America • Dow Jones • Wells Fargo • Nasdaq • S&P 500 • stress tests • US Bancorp

Market Open

 Stocks Edge Higher  


Apr 24, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks got a modest boost at the open, as better-than-expected earnings battled with stress test anxiety. The Dow rose 51 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq added 0.6% and 0.4% respectively, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ford skyrocketed 19% after reporting a mere $1.4 billion—and... More »

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stock market • NASDAQ • Dow Jones • corporate earnings • S&P 500 • banking industry • stress tests

 Banks Get Stress Test Grades 

Pandit out at Citi?

Apr 24, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The nation's biggest banks will start to learn how they did on the dreaded stress test today, reports the New York Times. Though the public won’t learn the results until May 4, analysts are predicting that many of the 19 banks will have to raise large amounts... More »

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Citigroup • Federal Reserve • Treasury Department • financial sector • Vikram Pandit • banks • banking industry • TARP • stress tests

Citing Too-Low Prices, Banks Won't Sell Toxic Assets 

Stress test an Obama weapon

Apr 16, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Banks are proving so reluctant to part with their so-called “toxic assets” that the Obama administration may have to strong-arm them into doing so, Time reports. Banks are protesting that the prices being offered—about $70 per $100 bond by the magazine’s calculations—are too low. That’s... More »

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Goldman Sachs • Treasury Department • JPMorgan Chase • Obama administration • banking industry • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner • toxic assets • stress tests

 Feds May Reveal 
 Which Banks Are Weakest

Results of 'stress tests' may go public

Apr 15, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration may go public with some of its "stress test" results, which diagnose how well the country's 19 biggest banks will weather the financial crisis, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal. The administration has so far been treating all banks equally, but the stronger banks could soon be... More »

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bank • Treasury Department • financial sector • financial crisis • TARP • stress tests

Fed to Banks: Keep Quiet on Stress Tests

Officials worry leaked results will cause market chaos

Apr 10, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Reserve is adopting a loose-lips-sink-ships policy when it comes to the “stress tests” being administered to big US financial firms. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and others have been ordered to keep quiet about their financial report cards, Bloomberg reports. Officials fear that should those results leak, investors would... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • Treasury Department • financial sector • Timothy Geithner • stress tests

MARKETS

 Dow Rises 246 
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Rosy NYT report on Treasury 'stress tests' fuels risk appetite

Apr 9, 09 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Surging financial stocks spurred a broader rally today, the Wall Street Journal reports. A New York Times report that all 19 banks facing Treasury “stress tests” will pass boosted shares in a sector already buoyed by a strong Wells Fargo earnings forecast. The Dow rose 246.27 to close... More »

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New York Times • Dow Jones • Wells Fargo • Nasdaq • Treasury Department • financial sector • S&P 500 • stress tests

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