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Posted on April 21, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 21, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleThe ECB, via Vice‑President Luis de Guindos, highlights private credit—alongside lofty market valuations and loose fiscal policies in some countries—as a growing financial stability risk and will address these concerns in its Financial Stability Review scheduled for late May.
FRANKFURT, April 21 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank sees private credit as one of the sources of risk to financial stability alongside high market valuations and loose fiscal policy in some countries, the ECB's vice-president Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday.
The ECB will present its Financial Stability Review in late May.
(Reporting by Francesco Canepa; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
The ECB sees private credit as a source of risk to financial stability.
ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos made the statement.
The ECB mentioned high market valuations and loose fiscal policy as additional risks.
The ECB will present its Financial Stability Review in late May.
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