The chair of the Supervisory
Board at the European Central Bank, Danièle Nouy, said Tuesday
"let's keep our fingers crossed" for Italian banks amid fears
the bond spread's rise due to a budget row with the EU will
impact them.
"So far I don't think the spread has reached a level of
serious concern for the banks, but we don't know what the future
will bring," she said.
"It would be very sad", she said, if Italian banks, which
have "made many efforts" to clean up their balance sheets, "were
hit by the consequences of the political debate.
"But they are things that happen, the Greek banks' problems
started with political discussions and so I can only say let's
keep our fingers crossed".
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