Eight banks fail stress tests, 16 come close as EBA defends capital definitions against German, Spanish criticism

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Eight banks fail stress tests, 16 come close as EBA defends capital definitions against German, Spanish criticism

The European Banking Authority has responded to criticism of the methodology used in this year's stress tests, mainly relating to its pan-European definition of core capital and its failure to force banks to model a sovereign default.

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