What is the effect of monetary policy on bank profitability? This paper uses a new long-run dataset spanning 17 … between lending and deposit rates. But even though spreads go up, bank profitability falls. The disconnect between spreads and …

to EC Regulation 139/2004 with taking into account the systemic role that the merged bank may have and which impact such … fail bank' may restrain competition, though it should be borne in mind that such effects may take place at the end of a …

induced a parallel credit crunch and illiquidity concerns for European banks. Bank holdings of sovereign debt issued by … shortfalls associated with systemic risk in the next major credit and illiquidity crisis, with Deutsche Bank requiring the ….The European Central Bank has stepped up low-cost, short-term lending with relaxed collateral demands. Banks optimistically might …