ECB Warns Banks: Prepare for Unprecedented Global Shocks

Published 1 day ago·Updated 22 hours ago

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Above: The European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany, on Nov. 10, 2025. Image credit: Boris Roessler/picture alliance/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

European banks are fundamentally strong and well-positioned to handle current uncertainties, with robust capital levels, healthy liquidity positions and few non-performing loans. That does not mean, however, that Europe should be complacent, which is why the ECB is taking measures to strengthen the sector’s resilience in an increasingly unpredictable world.

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Establishment-critical narrative

The ECB is sounding the alarm bells because the financial system is heading toward unprecedented chaos. Banks face a perfect storm of trade wars, cyberattacks, climate disasters and geopolitical tensions that could trigger severe market crashes. To put it simply, the stock market’s recent highs do not reflect the massive risks lurking beneath the surface.

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