Canada’s Superintendent of Financial Institutions announced Thursday that the stress test rate for mortgage applications will remain the same after his annual review. The minimum qualifying rate (MQR), also known as the stress test, will remain at whichever is greater—the mortgage contract rate plus a 2 percent buffer, or 5.25 percent. So, if a mortgage contract…
Canada’s Bank Regulator Confirms Mortgage Stress Test Will Stay at Same Rate
Fed Says Banks Can Handle ‘Severe’ Recession With 10 Percent Unemployment, 55 Percent Stock Meltdown
America’s banks are resilient enough to withstand even a “severe” recession with unemployment soaring to 10 percent, the real estate market melting 40 percent, and stocks sinking 55 percent, the Federal Reserve said. The Fed put dozens of America’s biggest banks under a “stress test” exercise to evaluate their resilience and ability to support a…
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