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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Cyprus bailout highlights need for banking union: Asmussen

ECB Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen attends an interview with Reuters in BerlinBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The bailout of Cyprus shows how urgently the euro zone needs to establish a banking union to break the negative feedback loop between weak banks and governments, European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Wednesday. Cyprus this year became the fourth euro zone country that needed to be bailed out by international lenders, and unlike any other aid deal it controversially forced depositors to foot the cost of recapitalizing banks exposed to debt-crippled Greece. ...



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