Macroprudential Stress-Testing of the Financial Sector: International Experience and the Bank of Russia’s Approaches

Abstract

This article describes the development of stress testing as an instrument for supervision, crisis management and macroprudential policy. Based on broad analysis of international experience the article describes the features of macroprudential stress testing and its current use by regulators. The article also contains plans for the development of macroprudential stress testing by the Bank of Russia.