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> Duration is stress tested at the larger banks.

Then why do we read this: “Fed’s Bank Tests Overlooked Risk of Rapid Rise in Interest Rates”.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-15/fed-s-key...



Short answer is we didn’t pay attention to it but we do now and we always measured it. That’s how SVB’s issues were flagged in 2021 [1]. (The systemic solution will be re-defining HQLAs in the LCR to reflect market value [2].)

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/business/economy/fed-sili...

[2] https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publicati...




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