Stress tests assessed

Mar 11, 2015, 07:06 PM

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In a few hours time, some important exam results are out in the US.

America's central bank the Federal Reserve has carried out a series of stress tests on 31 banks to find out how resilient they would be in the face of a severe shock to the economy.

So how important are stress tests? We hear more from economist Dr Irwin Stelzer at the Hudson Institute in Washington