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EU calls for national ‘bad banks’ to deal with non-performing loans

A tactic used during the financial crisis could be deployed in the European Union to manage poor loan books

EU calls for national ‘bad banks’ to deal with non-performing loans

The European Union has suggested its member states create national "bad banks" into which financial institutions can offload their non-performing loans, helping to reboot lending in the bloc.

Bad banks were used by international regulators during the financial crisis as a quick way of relieving the pain inflicted on struggling financial institutions.

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