stress test
nounDefinition of stress test
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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Just look at Citi, which recently announced plans to buy more than $17 billion in shares over the next 12 months, and also announced a 13% dividend hike after passing the Fed's latest stress tests. — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, "Citigroup is now the darling of Wall Street," 12 July 2019 Here’s how the city has passed a rigorous risk management stress tests with flying colors. — Kevin Yam, Quartz, "Why Hong Kong’s protests prove it deserves to be a global financial hub," 10 July 2019 The Fed adjusts its stress tests each year, depending on the economic climate. — Washington Post, "Banks announce billions in share buybacks after Fed approval," 27 June 2019 The Fed adjusts its stress tests each year, depending on the economic climate. — SFChronicle.com, "U.S. blacklists 5 organizations from China; Twitch acquires Bebo," 21 June 2019 Congress passed a law in 2018 that rolled back some of the regulations put into place under the Dodd-Frank Act, one of them being the need to stress test every bank over a certain threshold of assets. — Washington Post, "Fed says largest banks would survive crisis, in latest tests," 22 June 2019 Senate overhaul leaves many post-crisis regulations in place Dodd-Frank revamp won’t free firms from Fed stress testsThe financial industry has been jubilant since the Senate passed a GOP rollback of banking rules last week. — Jesse Hamilton, Bloomberg.com, "Fed Still Reigns Supreme Over Banks, Despite Dodd-Frank Rewrite," 20 Mar. 2018 Adding Horford adds another layer of complexity to the five-man stress test. — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, "Adding Al Horford Jump-Starts the Latest Sixers Reinvention," 1 July 2019 But a partisan Parc des Princes will be the ultimate stress test for the US' weakest links because France too possess players of world-class caliber. — Aimee Lewis, CNN, "France vs. USA: 'A magnificent showcase' for the Women's World Cup," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stress test.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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