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ECB's Panetta Suggests Banks Use Profits to Strengthen Capital and Support Economy
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ECB's Panetta suggests that Euro zone banks could use their record profits to strengthen their capital buffers and reverse the declining trend in risk-weighted exposures. Banks could also use their excess capital to build macroprudential buffers to support the economy in the event of external shocks.
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