The banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK) was deeply affected by the crisis. Bank credit has collapsed reflecting … to improve access to finance united under the roof of the British Business Bank. Further structural reforms are needed to …

deteriorate further, which could require significant bank recapitalisation. Updated bottom-up (i.e. loan by loan) stress tests are … assumptions should be made public. The creation of the Bank Asset Management Company (BAMC) should allow recognition of problems …

liquidity provision and the roles of the public budget and the central bank. The comparison also reveals that the role of fiscal …

countries. The European Central Bank (ECB), jointly with the Banking Supervision Committee (BSC), has an interest in monitoring …

assesses the effect of the NIRP on the net interest rate margins of the euro area banks using quarterly consolidated bank level … policy rates. The econometric results confirm the effect of the interest rate level on bank profitability and, in some … specifications, also suggest an additional negative effect on bank profitability in the period of negative euro area short …

step towards fair burden sharing. Bank recapitalisation, if necessary, should be done by raising the level of capital so as … accounts for systemic risks in Hungary. Finally, an effective independence of the central bank has to be guaranteed. This …