Stress Test ?

I don’t see the government “trying” to fail any banks. The conduct of the banks with regard to “mark to market” has been the entire issue. A wholesale refusal to acknowledge the marks on the part of the larger institutions is akin to the “blue wall” put up by police when one of their own is accused. The “banks” don’t want to take the medicine, instead they’ve waited and waited while the values of the underlying assets have continued to deteriorate- thieves “protect your bonuses”. Had they taken their medicine routinely the marks wouldn’t have been so severe. Despicable conduct by those with a fiduciary responsibility.