Updated stress testing of the financial sector in the context of high interest rates
While European banks are better positioned to offset potential capital depletion via stronger NII generation, the upward shift in the rate curves is impacting the value of the banks’ investment portfolios. Within this context, the stress tests remain a constantly evolving tool capable of adapting to new sources of risk, such as climate, cybersecurity, geopolitical and pandemic risks, that are not captured in scenarios that only consider stressed financial conditions but can still wreak havoc on the economy and, by extension, the banking system.