As we mentioned yesterday, the Fed recently put 19 of the nation’s largest banks through a stress test, seeing how they would respond to a 13 percent jobless rate, a 50-percent drop in stocks, a 21-percent decline in housing prices and a significant contraction of other major world economies.

The results are in, and it’s essentially mostly good news: 15 of the 19 passed. Those banks will maintain a Tier 1 common equity ratio above 5 percent in a severe economic downturn.

Here are the four that didn’t pass:

MetLife
Citigroup
SunTrust
Ally Financial

And here’s the full list, ranked from best to worst:

  • Bank of New York Mellon 13.0
  • State Street 12.5
  • American Express 10.8
  • Capital One 7.8
  • Regions 6.6
  • BB&T 6.4
  • Fifth Third 6.3
  • Wells Fargo 6.0
  • Bank of America 5.9
  • PNC 5.9
  • Goldman Sachs 5.7
  • JPMorgan Chase 5.4
  • Morgan Stanley 5.4
  • US Bancorp 5.4
  • KeyCorp 5.3
  • MetLife 5.1
  • Citigroup 4.9
  • SunTrust 4.8
  • Ally Financial 2.5

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