On 29 April 2014, the EBA published its methodology and the scenarios for the EU-wide stress test to be conducted on a sample of 124 EU banks (covering at least 50% of each national banking sector). The methodology will be used by all national regulators to ensure that the main EU banks are all assessed against common assumptions, definitions and approaches. The outcome should be comparable results across the EU. The macroeconomic scenarios, developed by the European Systemic Risk Board, will be used to assess the impact that changes in the economic environment have on EU banks.
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