bad bank
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The cryptocurrency market is experiencing a “massive sell-off” driven by broader market jitters over bad bank loans and tariff threats.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
The bad bank possibility is a crisis-type method of isolating financial assets that have problems.
From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2023
Based on what’s known so far, bad bank management, unheeded warnings and the unintended consequences of rising interest rates all contributed to SVB’s implosion.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023
Nonetheless, the still very high debt levels and bad bank loans drag the country’s rating down, Fitch says.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022
Output recovered moderately in 2002 in the face of continued global slowdown, fragile consumer confidence, and bad bank loans; and the essentially vibrant economy pushed ahead in 2003-04.
From The 2005 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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