OECD Warns Of Severe Banking Crisis In Slovenia

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development has warned that Slovenia is in serious risk of a financial downturn and could face restricted accesses to financial markets, reports The Telegraph. Three of Slovenia’s largest banks are owned by the state, and have been forced to recapitalize many times because of their high accumulation of risky loans. The banks are underestimating their debt, and bad loan rations are continuing to spiral, the story claims.

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    The OECD has suggested that the crisis was a result of corrupt behavior amongst some institutions and poor policies. Slovenia is strongly being encourage to reform their banking system to bring them back to fiscal stability and allow bank lending again.

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