{"id":418,"date":"2014-10-22T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T12:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=418"},"modified":"2014-10-22T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T12:12:05","slug":"ecb-cools-speculation-over-bank-health-checks-ahead-of-results-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"ECB cools speculation over bank health checks ahead of results | Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/10\/22\/us-ecb-banks-stresstests-idUSKCN0IB0S920141022\">ECB cools speculation over bank health checks ahead of results | Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">(Reuters) &#8211; The European Central Bank cautioned on Wednesday against speculation over the outcome of its stress tests after a media report said at least 11\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sectors\/industries\/overview?industryCode=128&amp;lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">banks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0had failed the landmark financial health checks, driving some banking shares lower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">Austria&#8217;s Erste Group (<span id=\"symbol_ERST.VI_0\"><a style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/overview?symbol=ERST.VI\">ERST.VI<\/a><\/span>) rejected the report from Spanish newswire Efe, which said that it along with\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sectors\/industries\/overview?industryCode=128&amp;lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">banks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from Italy, Belgium, Cyprus,\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/portugal?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Portugal<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/greece?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Greece<\/a><\/span>, had failed the ECB review based on preliminary data, but it gave no details of the size of the capital holes at the banks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">The ECB, which will publish the test outcomes for 130 banks on Sunday, said final results had not yet been sent to the lenders involved, and it could not comment on individual institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECB cools speculation over bank health checks ahead of results | Reuters. (Reuters) &#8211; The European Central Bank cautioned on Wednesday against speculation over the outcome of its stress tests after a media report said at least 11\u00a0banks\u00a0had failed the landmark financial health checks, driving some banking shares lower. 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