Stress test gives UK's big banks clean bill of health

Prudential Regulation Authority put eight UK lenders through a hypothetical three-year economic collapse

The Bank of England on Tuesday said all but one of the UK’s major banks passed a balance sheet health check.

The central bank's Prudential Regulation Authority put eight UK lenders through a hypothetical three-year economic collapse. To pass the test banks had to maintain a 4.5% ratio of capital to risk adjusted assets throughout the period.

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