European Banking Stocks’ Onerous Outlook: Five Things to Watch

European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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The economic fallout from the coronavirus has battered a sector that never recovered from the global financial crisis more than a decade ago. The focus for the rest of the year is on how banks can handle looming loan losses, whether any will be able to pay dividends, and possible further regulatory relief.