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Region’s banks in better shape to weather an external shock

The provisional approval of the extension of the Greek bailout has calmed the markets, but the bigger picture is that the road ahead is still long and bumpy. This means that a Greek exit from the euro-zone is still a key risk to the outlook for Emerging European banks. On a positive note, banks now seem more resilient to an external shock than they were in 2011/12 when concerns over Greece first emerged.

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