FDIC Issues Revised Scenarios for 2017 Stress Tests

Agency Rule-Making & Guidance FDIC Federal Reserve OCC Stress Test

On February 13, the FDIC released revised economic scenarios for use by certain financial institutions with total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion for 2017 stress tests. According to a statement from the agency, the previously released scenarios contained incorrect historical values for the BBB corporate yield in 2016. The Fed and OCC, with whom the FDIC works develop and distribute the scenarios, also issued revised data.