German banks vulnerable to housing bubble; should build buffers: Bundesbank

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Germany’s banks are increasingly vulnerable to an overvalued property market and finance authorities should force lenders to build up capital buffers, the Bundesbank said on Thursday in a regular stability report. Germany cut the so-called countercyclical buffer for banks to zero at the start of the pandemic but economic growth is now robust and bank …

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