Briefing on the Proposed CCAR 2026 Stress Test Scenarios
Join us as we take a deep dive into the Federal Reserve’s proposed bank stress test scenarios for the CCAR 2026 supervisory stress test. We will assess the current financial health of the nation’s banking system, and how the system would fare under a severe stress scenario. The severity of this year’s test will also be put into a historical context.
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SpeakersMark Zandi Chief Economist Moody's Analytics
Cris deRitis Deputy Chief Economist Moody's Analytics
Ilir Hysa Director, Economic Research Moody's Analytics
Ed Friedman Director - Economic Research Moody's Analytics
Mark Hopkins Senior Director, Economic Research Moody's Analytics
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Mark Zandi is chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, where he directs economic research. Moody’s Analytics, a subsidiary of Moody’s Corp., is a leading provider of economic research, data and analytical tools. Dr. Zandi cofounded Economy.com, which Moody’s purchased in 2005.
Dr. Zandi is on the board of directors of MGIC, the nation’s largest private mortgage insurance company, is the lead director of PolicyMap, a data visualization and analytics company used by policymakers and commercial businesses, and is a director of the Coleridge Initiative, a nonprofit that facilitates the exchange of data across governments.
He is a trusted adviser to policymakers and an influential source of economic analysis for businesses, journalists and the public. Dr. Zandi frequently testifies before Congress and conducts regular briefings on the economy for corporate boards, trade associations and policymakers at all levels.
Dr. Zandi is the author of Paying the Price: Ending the Great Recession and Beginning a New American Century, which assesses the monetary and fiscal policy response to the Great Recession. His other book, Financial Shock: A 360º Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis, is described by The New York Times as the “clearest guide” to the financial crisis. Dr. Zandi is host of the Inside Economics podcast.
Dr. Zandi earned his BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cristian deRitis, Deputy Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics, specializes in assessing the economy’s impact on household finance, housing, credit markets and public policy. Named on two U.S. patents for credit modeling, he created loss forecasting and stress testing systems for financial institutions. He joined Moody’s in 2008, after serving as a director with Fannie Mae. He also was an adjunct professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University.
Ilir Hysa is a director at Moody’s Analytics. He manages the production of global forecasts and oversees the quality controls of those forecasts. Ilir works closely with banking clients in meeting their regulatory needs and leads the production of Bank Holding Company and Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests scenarios. His responsibilities also include providing forecasting training to new hires and managing a team that support clients in utilizing Scenario Studio, the forecasting platform of Moody’s Analytics. Before joining Moody’s Analytics, Ilir held research positions at the Brookings Institution and the Research Foundation of the City University of New York, and he taught economics courses at the State University of New York and City University of New York. Ilir received his PhD in economics from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Edward Friedman is a director at Moody’s Analytics. Dr. Friedman prepares monthly updates to multiple regularly produced alternative macroeconomic forecasts to the Moody’s Analytics U.S. baseline utilizing the 2,000-equation macroeconomic model, supervises the production of client scenarios, edits monthly regional publications, produces forecasts for Texas and its major metropolitan areas, and writes a monthly U.S. investment outlook. He previously worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, supervising the collection of data on cross-border transactions in securities. Dr. Friedman received a PhD in international economics from Yale University. His bachelor’s degree in mathematics is from Dartmouth College.
Mark Hopkins is a senior director at Moody’s with responsibilities for international macroeconomic research and global forecasting, including the design and maintenance of the Moody’s Analytics global macro model and suite of country forecast models. Dr. Hopkins has also been responsible for forecasting Canada’s economy and U.S. federal fiscal policy, and oversees the U.S. international trade forecast. Previously, he taught macroeconomics at Gettysburg College and served as an international economist on the staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He has published in the areas of international economics, economic growth and foreign policy. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Wesleyan University.