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Stress tests are no silver bullet

Attention last week centred again on the bank stress tests, which were due for publication on Friday. While the results were unavailable at the time of writing, it already seemed clear that they would be no panacea for the sector. The scenarios considered are unlikely to be adverse enough and there is uncertainty over where money for recapitalisation will come from.

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