stress test

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Under federal ethics regulations and decades of OGE guidance, a “particular matter” means a matter involving specific identifiable parties: an enforcement action; a bank’s stress test.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

At best, they should be viewed as a stress test that our justice system has only partially passed.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

March unfolded like a stress test for U.S. counterterrorism authorities.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

“We just put EMs through a severe stress test and they came out OK.”

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

As one senior Morgan Stanley executive put it, “The risk officers came back from the stress test looking very upset.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis