Report title: U.S. Government Stress Test Results in Line with Moody's Existing Bank Stand-Alone and Senior Bank Ratings
from Moody's Global Credit Research
5 page (2593 word) report published May 11, 2009

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...On May 7, 2009, U.S. regulatory authorities released the results of their stress test for the 19 systemically important bank holding companies they had targeted under the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program (SCAP). The U.S. authorities concluded that 10 of the 19 companies need to build larger capital buffers totaling $75 billion. The stress test results are generally in line with our Bank Financial Strength Ratings (BFSR) on these firms, our measure of a bank's stand-alone financial strength (i.e., without government support). Also, given the clear government support that is being offered to these institutions in the event they cannot meet the required capital increases on their own, which is already factored into our ratings, we do not expect to make any changes to our ratings on deposits, senior debt, or senior subordinated debt of these firms in response to these results. All else being equal, upgrades could be contemplated in the medium term if the capital buffers being required...

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