Irish central banker: Banks not strong enough to forgive debts

  • Banks don’t have enough capital to write off household debts
  • Banks have enough of a capital buffer to absorb clearly foreseen losses over next few years but not enough for broad debt forgiveness
  • Debt forgiveness could make remaining banks vulnerable and could end up hurting the state

In other words, sorry guys, you’re stuck.

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