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Omaha Steve

(99,055 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 08:35 PM Oct 2014

13 Europe banks flunk test, must find 10B euros

Source: AP-Excite

By DAVID McHUGH

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank says 13 of Europe's 130 biggest banks have flunked an in-depth review of their finances and need an extra 10 billion euros ($12.5 billion) to cushion themselves against any future crises.

Although the landmark review identified only a handful of weak banks, ECB officials said Sunday that it was tough enough to ensure Europe's banks will be purged of the bad investments that have made some of them hold back on lending.

That means the banks will be ready to lend to businesses when the economy finally picks up, they said.

"The results guarantee that going forward the economic recovery will not be hampered by credit supply restrictions," said ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio.

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FILE - The new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB), building at right, under construction on the water front of the River Main in Frankfurt, Germany, in this Sept. 24,2014 file photo. The European Central Bank said Sunday Oct. 26, 2014 that 13 of Europe's 130 biggest banks have flunked an in-depth review of their finances and must increase their capital buffers against losses by 10 billion euros ($12.5 billion). (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

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13 Europe banks flunk test, must find 10B euros (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2014 OP
Hmmm. Wonder if this relates to the recent suicides. n/t RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #1
ECB is going to do "quantitative easing" dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #2
Why is the ECB Building a HQ Building that Looks Like it is Collapsing? AndyTiedye Oct 2014 #3
Too Big To Fail, and Too Big To Jail blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #4

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. ECB is going to do "quantitative easing"
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 09:14 PM
Oct 2014

which means buying up the banks' bad debts, in a desperate attempt to avoid implosion.
did not work here, won't work there.

Essentially what we are seeing is warnings of another collapse.

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)
3. Why is the ECB Building a HQ Building that Looks Like it is Collapsing?
Sun Oct 26, 2014, 10:37 PM
Oct 2014

Are they trying to tell us something?

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