European banks in turmoil

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France 3

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V. Frédéric, O. Poncelet, J.-L. Boulesteix, S. Barie – France 3

France Televisions

After Credit Suisse, the first German bank Deutsche Bank fell sharply on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Friday March 24. Should we fear for French banks? Explanatory elements.

A new European bank in turmoil. Friday, March 24, in the morning, Deutsche Bank saw its stock market share collapse in a few hours, down to -12%. After the rescue in extremis of Credit Suisse, the fall of the American bank SVB continues to have repercussions on the markets. Benoit de Broissia, economist, analysis: “Deutsche Bank is also quite present in the US real estate market. It turns out that the big funders […] are regional banks that have been weakened by the SVB episode.

Resistance tests

On the stock market, Friday March 24, many banks fell, up to -7% for Société Générale. However, the specter of a major crisis like in 2008 would not be on the agenda. European banks are much more controlled today. Maxime Chipoy, president of MoneyVox, explains: “Deutsche Bank and other banks […] pass stress tests that imagine scenarios to see how banks resist and today all banks resist.At the close, Deutsche Bank shares rose slightly to end at -8.5% for the day.


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