Slovenian Parliament Approves Creation of Bad Bank

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: October 4, 2012; 16:55 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Slovenian state creates a bad bank in order to restructure the financially stricken banking sector.

Slovenian Parliament Approves Creation of Bad Bank / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The governing parties of the centre-right government approved the government´s proposal to create a bad ban.

However, the Slovenian National Bank, the banking association and other economists reject the creation of a bad bank. A direct recapitalization would have better, they say. In this case, the Slovenian budget deficit would explode, however. With an expected deficit of up…