Stress Test

Said the Fed to the banks in its purview:
"Sorry chaps, we don't mean to unnerve you,
But if panic should surge,
Our views would diverge
On the capital that would best serve you."

Overheard at the ECB

"Messieurs, I've developed a test
To determine if banks are too stressed;
It's been rig'rously checked
To be mild in effect,
So of course, it's politically blessed."