Bundesbank: Potential protracted period of low interest rates brings medium-term risks
- German banks are now in better shape, but some vulnerabilities, structural weaknesses remain
- Need to reduce excess capacity in German banking market
- Commercial real estate funding, structured securities most vulnerable segments of foreign credit exposures
- Loss provisions in German banks to fall to 23 bln in 2010 from 37 bln in 2009
- 2011 loss provisions in German banks at around 23 bln
- No indications banking system would be unable to play its part in German economic upturn
- New banking regulation must not cause migration to shadow banking system
- Funding situation of German banks has at least in short-term returned to normal
- German banks have about 100 bln euros on balance sheets from structured real estate financing risk positions
- German banks’ Ireland risk is about 25 bln euros
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