Office of the Comptroller of the Currency June 15, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The OCC, Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the ``agencies'') request comment on proposed guidance on stress testing (proposed guidance). The proposed joint guidance outlines high-level principles for stress testing practices, applicable to all Federal Reserve- supervised, FDIC-supervised, and OCC-supervised banking organizations with more than $10 billion in total consolidated assets. The proposed guidance highlights the importance of stress testing as an ongoing risk management practice that supports a banking organization's forward- looking assessment of its risks.