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Stress tests unlikely to prevent lending revival in 2015

The Bank of England will publish the results of its latest stress test of UK banks this week. While we would not like to wager that all eight banks will pass this year’s tough assessment, the lifting of another source of regulatory uncertainty after a year of several macroprudential policy tweaks should mean that the economy benefits from a stronger recovery in bank lending next year.


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