9  10  Even as the number of persons employed in the private sector increased by a total of 382,000 running up to October of this year, that of large corporations decreased by 49,000.
* * *  Introduction During the financial crisis, stress tests were primarily used to identify capital shortfalls in the banking sector and to enhance market discipline. This was achieved through the publication of consistent and granular data on a bank by bank basis, with banks judged to have either “passed” or “failed” the test.