The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) judged that no macroprudential actions on bank capital were required in response to the 2015 stress test. The stress-test results suggest that the banking system is capitalised to support the real economy in a severe global stress scenario, which adversely affects the United Kingdom. The capitalisation of the system has improved further over the course of 2015. • The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Board judged that: – This stress test did not reveal capital inadequacies for five out of the seven participating banks, based on their balance sheets at end-2014 (Barclays, HSBC, ... (full story)