Stress tests offer little hope of Greek lending revival

ECB stress tests have offered some comfort about Greek banks’ solvency, but they are not out of the woods. And with a lack of access to cheap funding and depressed deposits seriously restricting banks’ liquidity, weak lending looks set to weigh on economic activity for a long time to come.

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