Third-quarter outcomes look a lot better than anticipated. But hard times lie ahead
BECAUSE THE GLOOM of 2nd lockdowns descends on European countries, a hint of autumn cheer is originating from an urgent supply. Its banking institutions, which began reporting third-quarter leads to belated October, come in perkier form than may have been expected, because of the financial price of the pandemic. Second-quarter losings have actually converted into third-quarter earnings. Many bosses are desperate to resume spending dividends, which regulators in place prohibited in March, whenever covid-19 first struck early in the day within the year. (theoretically, they “recommended” that re re payments be halted.) On November 11th Sweden became the very first nation to declare that it may let payouts resume the following year, should its economy continue steadily to stabilise and banks remain lucrative. Continue reading