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ECB's Weidmann: Lesson from Cyprus is banks can be wound down

From reuters.com

The Cyprus bailout shows banks can be wound down despite difficulties, European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Jens Weidmann said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, adding the situation on the island had stabilized. Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, told Deutschlandfunk radio he wouldn't rule out that Cyprus might need yet more liquidity, but stressed it was longer term structural reforms that would solve Nicosia's problems and not more cash. To secure a 10 billion euro EU/IMF bailout last month, Cyprus forced heavy losses on wealthier depositors. Initially it had also pledged to introduce a levy on deposits ... (full story)

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