Publication - German banks feeling the pressure in the face of low interest rates
A prolonged phase of low interest rates would further squeeze German banks' core business interest margin. As a result, the share of credit institutions facing difficulties in earning their cost of capital could rise. This was the conclusion reached by a team of authors from the Bundesbank and the European School of Management and Technology Berlin in a new discussion paper, whose co-authors include Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret.