US Fed to release 2026 bank stress test results on June 24

June 9 (Reuters) - The ‌U.S. Federal ​Reserve ​said on Tuesday it will publish the results of its annual big bank ‌stress tests on June 24.

The central bank ⁠conducts the test each year to examine how large banks would ‌perform against a hypothetical ‌economic downturn and market strains.

This year's stress test subjected 32 large banks to a severe ​global recession scenario that included heightened stress across commercial and residential real estate, as well ⁠as corporate debt markets, the Fed said in a statement.

The results, ​which will be released at 4 p.m. ET, will not impact large bank ​capital requirements, the Fed said.

A ‌bank's performance in the annual exercise dictates the size of the "stress capital buffer" ⁠it must hold against potential losses.

In October, the Fed advanced an overhaul of the annual exam to ⁠boost transparency, planning to disclose its confidential models and how ​it creates the test's hypothetical economic downturns.

In the 2025 test, the Fed found that 22 of the largest ‌banks in the U.S. were well-positioned to weather a hypothetical severe economic downturn ‌and continue lending, with firms maintaining robust capital ⁠levels even after ‌suffering hundreds of ​billions of dollars in losses.

(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by Leroy ‌Leo)

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