Brussels Proposes "Guillotine" to Stabilise failing Banks

Eurozone bank depositors may face a threat to liquidity and even the loss of their deposits if Brussels enacts the "moratorium tool."

Effectively depositors will "opt-in" to bank failures in Europe. Such a rule or even implied enactment will drive depositors from the weak banks in Euroland, weak being a category which encompasses most European banks today. Depositors do not share in banking profits - They should not be required to shoulder the losses.

Asher Edelman

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