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Stress Testing: Are the Results Guiding Your CECL Decision-Making?

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Stress Testing | 6 minute read Key Takeaways Stress testing is a useful tool to help guide CECL decisions. Bottom-up testing is transactional and best for smaller institutions (under $25B). Charge offs were close to zero for most banks since 2013, according to call report data from S&P Market Intelligence.

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What is the FASB’s process for issuing standards?

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) continues to receive attention surrounding their proposed current expected credit loss (CECL) model , as final guidance is expected to be released late 2014 or early 2015. To learn more about FASB’s CECL model, download the whitepaper, FASB’s CECL Model: How to Prepare Now.

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