The profitability of Italian banks depends, among other factors, on the strength of the ongoing economic recovery, the … resolving nonperforming loans (NPLs) and to foster banking sector consolidation. Improved profitability would enable banks to … and prospective earnings capacity of Italian banks. A bottom-up analysis of the 15 largest Italian banks suggests that the …

in domestic credit and M2. A new finding is that similar variables for other systemic countries – the UK and the Euro … Area – are also important, sometimes even more so, consistent with the dominant role of European banks in cross … also the cyclical impact of global liquidity, with sensitivities of flows to banks decreasing with stronger macroeconomic …

. Typically, stress tests have a positive impact on stressed banks' returns. While the 2009 U.S. stress test had a large positive …

. A bottom-up analysis of 386 Italian banks suggests that while profitability is expected to improve as the economy …

individual banks in Chile, an advanced emerging market economy …

Using a panel data approach for two samples of listed and unlisted European banks, this paper provides evidence that … the literature. Banks change their dividend payouts because they would like to signal good profitability to shareholders … prudential supervisors and regulators to retain earnings. Banks are found not to discount expectations about future economic …