BoE stress test shows UK banks are 'resilient' to 'severe' scenarios

Includes high inflation and interest rates

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The UK central bank’s annual stress test scenario states UK banks were “resilient to a severe stress scenario”, which includes higher inflation and increasing global interest rates and a “deep simultaneous recession”.

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