01544cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005144 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451870060 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Worrell, Rupert. Stressing to Breaking Point : Interpreting Stress Test Results / Rupert Worrell. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (18 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper illustrates how stress tests of banking systems may be designed to evaluate banks' reaction to shocks of increasing intensity, up to the point where regulatory norms are breached, or banks become insolvent. This approach offers useful insight and guidance for regulatory policy and intervention, using existing methodology and data. The illustrations presented in this paper are a small sample of the wide variety of shocks, scenarios, and assumptions to which this approach may be applied. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/148 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/148/001.2008.issue-148-en.xml IMF e-Library