Italian banks, this is euro area politics. We think you already know each other? [UPDATED]

FT Alphaville » Italy 2016-07-14

Summary:

Italian banks are a problem. Post-Brexit they’re a serious problem.

A full recap of said banking sector and its estimated €200bn of gross non-performing loans would, according to JPM, “require up to €40 billion (less than 2.5% of GDP)”.

Manageable, say JPM again, “given the current Italian fiscal position and sovereign cost of funding.”

Only problem is…

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banks

Authors:

David Keohane

Date tagged:

07/14/2016, 11:34

Date published:

07/07/2016, 09:29