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...good times and bad, bank regulators are supposed to be probing financial firms to see if they hold adequate capital for the loans they make. And the Federal Reserve does publish data about the banks and their capital four times a year. But unless you are a bank examiner or some other industry insider, those so-called call reports are nearly impossible to read and understand...
Still proponents of doing the stress tests say there is an easy way to remedy that problem: do the tests again. As the economy worsens, you could apply more adverse economic conditions to see if the banks hold up. If the economy improves, revised stress tests might also tell you when it is time for the government to pull back the federal assistance it has lent the banks...
...course, took place in a very different environment from today's. Its key purpose was as much political as economic: to create a reunited Germany, with shared values, from the two states that were the legacy of World War II. But as stimulus plans take hold across the world, policymakers would like to know precisely what such largesse can buy. Because of the slump in world trade, and hence in demand for its exports, Germany itself is facing a tremendous slowdown. The government now predicts that its economy will contract by 6% this year, much more than the economies...
...ever since the unveiling earlier this month of a gutsy new Champagne stopper prototype. The Maestro opening system, developed by Alcan Packaging Capsules, is composed of a concealed crown bottle cap fitted with an aluminum lever. It's far easier to use than a conventional stopper - no struggling to hold the heavy bottle as you twist, no worrying that you'll take someone's eye out with the cork - but it still delivers that satisfying pop upon opening. It's a minirevolution in a region hitherto unswayed by the widespread embrace of screw caps and other deviations from cork closures...
...addition to obvious safety concerns that demand revocation of current cuts, the lack of late-night transportation limits Quad students’ ability to hold late -night jobs or participate in many extra-curricular activities. Religious students will now be offered no transport for the journey to services on weekend mornings, and no one would envy the fate of a Quadded athlete, forced to rise before the sun in order to travel to practice by foot on university holidays...