In contrast, the subbasins in the stressshadow became inactive and dead as a result strain localization on the linked through-goingbasin-boundingfaults.
It is second such set of stress tests for insurance companies, which shadow a similar exercise being carried out on the big banks by the European Banking Authority.
Concerns over the health of U.S. banks have cast a shadow over the recent recovery, and the stress-test results, showing most U.S. banks would be well-capitalized in the event of an economic downturn, helped allay some of those worries.