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2026-09-18 21:38:10
Federal Reserve Governor Bowman stated that the Fed will finalize its reform plan "in the coming weeks" to improve the transparency and accountability of bank stress tests. The adjustments will make stress tests more reliable and reduce volatility in bank capital requirements. The revised stress tests will provide detailed information on the test models and scenario settings. The Fed will use the average of a bank's two most recent stress test results when determining a bank's "stress capital buffer." The Fed expects to finalize revisions to the Basel III banking capital rules and adjustments to the GSIB surcharge for global systemically important banks by the end of this year. The Fed plans to expand the use of stress tests to provide internal reference information on bank risk to Fed regulators.
