Banking Sector Not Out of the Woods

Posted by Rob

November 14, 2008

After the well publicized bail-outs for banks across the globe, the Eurozone fell foul with the mention of the ‘R’ word. After posting a 0.2% decline in the GDP, two quarters of negative growth sent the Eurozone into a recession.

According to statistics from Eurostat, “the official report confirms the recession that many private and public sector economists had forecast for the region.” - FT.com

Meanwhile in the UK, one of the largest financial institutions, RBS, announced it will axe 3,000 jobs over the next two weeks. This is likely to affect global banking and markets divisions rather than individual high street banks.

RBS Stock Price

RBS

From the 10-day chart for RBS, we can see that today’s announcement of 3,000 job cuts has given the stock price a 3.61% boost.

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