Imagine this: Bank shares going up because the Federal Reserve, the central bank, just did something unexpected with the yearly economic challenges banks. Banking experts are seeing less obstacles ahead for the banks in 2025.

        The Fed just updated the future financial crisis's expected, hypothetical issues. Instead of thinking the worst for the next few years, this update showed less scary results. So unemployment is predicted to rise to 10%, but a year ago it was expected to rise much higher.

        "Expectation of volatility" is lowered, says Fed.

        There have been a few changes in the banking industry. Banks like Citigroup, and the big shot ones like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America saw their share prices go up.  Citigroup went up 2. 9 % and the other banks up by at least 1. 5%.  A smaller bank index rose 1. 2%.  The years after the 2008 financial crisis were on every bank's mind, banks had to survive another harsh recession and keep lending steady.

        This is a big deal! Banks have been complaining for years about the stress tests. Their criticism was about having no clue about what the "grades" for these tests meant.  Can we hear a "finally" for this change?

        we don't know if that's all the Fed are doing,  but it seems that most bankers (and bankers speak) are watching their capital cushions already and wondering what impact this will have on their Capital Requirements.  They'll know this year.

        Having done all these changes will eventually mean something.

        What will likely happen is that it will be very quickly  understood by the bankers if the banks will be able to hold to lesser capital.

        Negative interest rates are coming.

         Jobs are going up in the USA by 0. 7% on a daily basis, however there is already a full employment rate in the USA.

         to boot, All Banks have the same goal, to profit and survive, and the Federal Reserve, so lets give the latest regulatory shakeup a bit of credit.

Bank stocks jump after the Fed's expected 2025 stress test

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