Thursday 7 May 2009

It is not over

The banking crisis continues....

From today's interim statement from Lloyds bank....

"...., during the first quarter of 2009 we have experienced a significant rise in impairment levels in the Group’s lending portfolios. This largely represents the impact of the further economic deterioration, including the effects of rising unemployment, reduced corporate cash flows, the continuing impact of lower house prices and falls in the value of commercial real estate.

As we have previously announced, we continue to expect retail impairment levels to rise significantly during 2009, in both the secured and unsecured lending portfolios. We expect continuing declines in commercial property prices and reducing levels of corporate cash flows as we anticipate a continuing difficult economic outlook. These factors are now leading us to anticipate further corporate defaults during the rest of the year, notably in the commercial real estate portfolios in the UK and Ireland."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

...and barclays too.....