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EURO-AREA: Banking union faces long-term risks

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EURO-AREA

Banking union outlook.

US banking sector is changing faster than regulation

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UNITED STATES

The Fed's quarterly survey of senior lending officers, released the same day, found that banks expect to tighten lending standards. This follows deposit flight during the banking…

Swiss sovereign money vote points up bank reform

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INTERNATIONAL

The Vollgeld (sovereign money) proposal, which claimed to make the banking system safer by preventing commercial banks creating money through requiring thems to keep 100% of their…

Financial market volatility will rise as risks pile up

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INT

Surging energy prices, and the prospect of sharply higher food prices if grain exports from Russia and Ukraine are curtailed, are stoking fears that inflation will run far higher…

Atlante will be no panacea for what ails Italy's banks

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ITALY

Italian banks and Atlante fund.

European investment funding and behaviour is changing

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EUROPE

Investment financing and behaviour.

More negative-yield bonds raise euro-area bank risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Negative yields.

Lack of confidence in Ukraine's economy hinders banks

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UKRAINE

Ukraine's financial system and banks in particular have been one of the most obvious casualties of the crisis. The troubles that have befallen the banking sector following…

Latvian banks face tighter scrutiny and some may merge

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LATVIA

Recent high-profile incidents have called into question the viability of the business model in large parts of Latvia’s banking sector. In February, the US Treasury accused ABLV…

Any US Fed balance sheet unwinding may be disorderly

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UNITED STATES

US Federal Reserve policy.