就连通常是金融市场声音最响亮的拉拉队长的《华尔街日报 》 ， 也公开怀疑测试的诚实性，因为美国政府允许银行家就压力测试的结果进行“谈判 ” ， 这就像是一个学生参加期末考试后和老师谈判其成绩一样。
Even The Wall Street Journal, usually financial markets’ loudest cheerleader, openly disparaged the tests’ integrity. The government had allowed bankers to “negotiate” the results, like a student taking a final examination and then negotiating her grade.