Ines Gonscalves Raposo, (2018), “What the 2018 EBA stress tests (don’t) tell you about Italy”, Bruegel, 15 November
November has brought with it the results of the European Banking Authority (EBA) 2018 EU-wide stress tests. This exercise, aimed at surveying the resilience of EU banks against adverse market developments, covers 70% of total banking-sector assets across 48 EU banks.
The results of the EBA stress tests were anticipated particularly for the results reported on the four biggest Italian banks: BPM, Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit and UBI. In this blog post, we consider how useful these numbers are and pick out specific limitations.
Relevant Posts
- Pierluigi Balduzzi, Emanuele Brancati, Fabio Schiantarelli, (2018), «Crowding out risk: Sovereign debt, banks, and firms’ investment in Italy», VoxEU, 9 November
- Jan Mazza, (2018), «The consequences of Italy’s increasing dependence on domestic debt-holders», Bruegel, 6 November