Monday, December 22, 2008
Exclusive Trichet interview: It is time for banks to start lending again
In his most detailed interview since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in mid-September, Trichet calls upon the top management of commercial banks to “recognise that they are operating in an environment in which a lot of the fundamental risks to liquidity and solvency have been addressed.”
ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet knows that confidence must be restored before markets begin to function normally again. But he believes that the concerted action of central banks and governments means financial institutions should now be preparing to restore their normal lending and borrowing relationships.
In his most detailed interview since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in mid-September, which took place in Frankfurt on December 12, Trichet calls upon the top management of commercial banks to “recognise that they are operating in an environment in which a lot of the fundamental risks to liquidity and solvency have been addressed.”
But he also acknowledges that global financial markets are at a critical moment: “Everything has to be improved. It is the system itself which is at stake. It has...
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