Unfortunately for Hammond, the three bankers were not nearly as morose as the Treasury could have hoped for. Instead they said the risks of No Deal were comparable to the instability they regularly faced across the world.
These level headed predictions were a little surprising to Mr Steerpike though, considering how dramatic all three banking houses were in the run-up to, and aftermath of the Referendum.
All three now admit that job losses in their firms will be in the low hundreds.
It seems that the three horsemen of the apocalypse have become the three stooges, and finally exposed Project Fear for what it was.