Banking

The 2025 stress tests by the Fed and EBA revealed stronger-than-expected resilience, despite harsher adverse scenarios. Improved profitability and net interest margins drove smaller capital depletion, challenging conventional expectations.

Este trabajo analiza las últimas pruebas de estrés, contrastando los enfoques de la Fed y el BCE, así como ambos frente a ejercicios anteriores, y con especial consideración de los elementos de ajuste complementarios de los escenarios y metodologías convencionales.

Once seen as safer and cheaper than corporate debt thanks to its regulated profile and implicit government backing, since the 2008 financial crisis, bank-issued debt has carried a risk premium, driven by regulatory shifts, sovereign exposures, and profitability concerns. Recent improvements in capital generation, liquidity, and diversification suggest that the premium may no longer be justified on fundamental grounds.