Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB), a prominent financial institution in the Pacific Northwest, has been the subject of recent analyst scrutiny due to its mixed financial performance and ...

The stress test, which will include 22 banks compared to last year’s 32, will feature two added hypothetical elements for the Fed’s “exploratory analysis” of the banking system.

In the 2025 stress-test scenario, the US unemployment rate would rise almost 5.9 percentage points to 10%. That hike would come with severe market volatility, widening corporate bond spreads, a 33% ...