Bank of England's Mark Carney on the release of UK bank stress test details

  • Test will check banks resilience to external shocks
  • Scenarios include severe market stress and liquidity drop
  • Will include scenario of a global slump affecting Aisa and Eurozone
  • Pass mark is 4.5% core equity tier 1 capital
  • Will include 3% leverage ratio threshold
  • Will test scenario of prolonged UK deflation
  • Will test Chinese GDP slowing to 1.7% and oil falling to $38

These are the details of the BOE's stress tests for 2015

. Results of the tests will be published Q4 2015