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Britain's banks brace for $22 billion loan losses

London Britain's banks took a gloomier view than almost all their European peers in their second quarter earnings, as coronavirus fears, Brexit and low interest rates caused them to bake tougher "worst-case" scenarios into their risk models. Investors had expected a torrid set of

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Published 5 August 2020, 8:00 · Updated 22:14

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Britain's banks brace for $22 billion loan losses

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Britain’s banks took a gloomier view than almost all their European peers in their second quarter earnings, as coronavirus fears, Brexit and low interest rates caused them to bake tougher “worst-case” scenarios into their risk models. Investors had expected a torrid set of half-year results, but Barclays, Standard Chartered, Lloyds, NatWest Group and HSBC fell short of these low expectations, according to Reuters.

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