As economies across the world grapple with the fallout from Covid-19, the resilience of the global financial system is once again being put to the test. Marie Kemplay crunches the numbers to assess the health of the world’s banks going into the pandemic.
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Regulators ask banks to go easy on forward provisioning
Authorities are giving banks scope to take a softer line on forward provisioning accounting rules, in the hope of preserving capital and the economy. Nonetheless, a sharp rise in bad loans is almost inevitable.
