European banks capital shortfall 2014 Statistic

This statistic presents the amount of capital shortfall estimated to be necessary for European banks (EU) to withstand potentially adverse future economic conditions, as of October 2014. Among European countries, banks in Italy and Greece reported the highest value of shortfall: approximately 9.4 billion euros for Italy (nine banks) and 8.7 billion euros for Greece (three banks).

Value of European banks capital shortfall in October 2014 (in billion euro), by country*

Characteristic	Shortfall of capital in billion euros
Italy	9.41
Greece	8.72
Cyprus	2.36
Portugal	1.14
Austria	0.87
Ireland	0.86
Belgium	0.54
Germany	0.23
Slovenia	0.07

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October 2014

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Survey time period

2013 to 2014

Number of respondents

123 respondents

Special properties

European banks

Supplementary notes

*The 2014 EU-wide stress tests for banks, intended to emphasize concerns about the health of EU banking system, were imposed on 123 banks. Examination pertained to the issue of whether or not banks had enough capital to withstand a series of economic adverse conditions (for example a rise in unemployment, a fall in house prices or declining economic growth). Twenty-four banks failed the test and contributed to approximately 25 billion euros in European capital "black hole".
European-wide sample of 123 banks was drawn from 22 countries with 28,000 billion euros of assets, covering more than 70% of the EU banking sector.

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