Exclusive: Audit of U.S. stress test ready, may aid Dodd Frank overhaul fight

A independent study of the financial costs and benefits of Wall Street 'stress tests' could be released as soon as Tuesday and may strengthen calls to reform U.S. banking rules, said sources familiar with the report. The Federal Reserve conducts a review each year of how the largest U.S. banks could fare during a financial crisis and the Government Accountability Office has been studying that work for two years. The report will suggest about 15 ways that the Federal Reserve would be able to impr