The European Central bank says 171 banks have borrowed €131.9 billion, well below the €442 they must repay Thursday 1 July as part of the first-ever one-year loans made by the EC to banks. The relatively low borrowing rate has eased fears about banks’ ablities to repay their loans.

Links to other sites: Bloomberg, Reuters

Posted by Ellen Wallace on 30 June 2010 at 16:29 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 30 June 2010.

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