by Calculated Risk on 4/10/2009 02:02:00 AM

From Bloomberg: Fed Said to Order Banks to Stay Mum on ‘Stress Test’ Results (ht Justin)

The U.S. Federal Reserve has told Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other banks to keep mum on the results of “stress tests” that will gauge their ability to weather the recession ...

The Fed wants to ensure that the report cards don’t leak during earnings conference calls scheduled for this month. ...

“If you allow banks to talk about it, people are just going to assume that the ones that don’t comment about it failed,” said Paul Miller, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets in Arlington, Virginia.

What ever happened to transparency? This suggests the results are very ugly for some banks.

It's amusing that the article mentions Citi - I doubt Citi wants the results released!