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European Banks Face Profit Hit in S&P Trade War Stress Test

A Commerzbank AG bank branch in Frankfurt.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Takeaways by Bloomberg AI

European banks would see their profits eroded if an escalation of trade tensions with the US leads to souring corporate loans, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Credit Agricole and BPCE of France, Frankfurt-based Commerzbank, Dutch lender Rabobank and Denmark’s DLR Kredit stand to be hit hardest, according to calculations by the credit ratings company. S&P said none of the 91 banks it examined were projected to face an annual loss in its stress test.