All but four of 19 major U.S. banks got a green light Tuesday to boost dividends and buy back shares after the Federal Reserve declared them strong enough to survive another serious recession. J.P.

One particular stumbling block is the Fed’s proposal to average the results of stress tests in order to limit the volatility ...

On June 27, the Fed released the results of its annual supervisory stress test, evaluating how large banks would perform under hypothetical adverse economic conditions. The Fed conducts stress tests ...

and limited public understanding and scrutiny of the stress testing process." Banks have complained for years that the test should be more transparent and predictable, and several industry groups went ...

Wells Fargo & Co.’s board of directors is expected to raise the bank’s quarterly dividend by 5 cents to 45 cents in the next step of emerging from a near 7½-year Federal Reserve-imposed total asset ...

The Federal Reserve put forth a proposal Friday to publish the models and methodologies the central bank uses every year to stress test the nation's largest banks in an effort to increase transparency ...

On September 25, Fed Governor Michael Barr spoke at a conference on the evolution and future of stress testing for large banks, emphasizing the need to maintain its “dynamism and rigor” as a ...

US banks face a tight turnaround to respond to a double consultation by the Federal Reserve on the future of its ...

Executives at some of the 19 large banks whose "stress test" results were released this month have a message for the Federal Reserve: Show me the math. The Fed held five conference calls over two days ...