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Urgent: All U.S. major banks pass Fed stress test

Xinhua, March 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

All 31 U.S. largest banks passed a 5 percent minimum hurdle for top-tier capital in an annual stress test by the Federal Reserve, the central bank said on Thursday.

It means that, under a severe recession, the tier 1 common capital ratio of these banks could stay above the 5 percent level the Fed views as a minimum allowance. Endite