Stress tests: le congrès apprécie

Le congrès US évalue les stress tests. L'initiative est bienvenue et mérite lecture alors que la pression demandant semblables exercices s'intensifie sur les gouvernements d'Europe continentale. Le bilan du congrès est en demi teintes.

The Congressional Oversight Panel June Oversight Report, “Stress Testing and Shoring Up Bank Capital,” examines the recent stress tests conducted on America’s 19 largest bank holding companies (BHCs) ... The Panel’s report examines how effectively Treasury and the Federal Reserve conducted the stress tests, specifically reviewing the government’s economic assumptions, their methods of calculating bank capitalization, their release of information to the public, and whether the stress tests should be repeated in the future.

Se reporter surtout au rapport de Talley et Walden, les experts de Berkeley chargés de l'évaluation technique, inclus en annexe.