European Banks Seek to Avert Stashing Billions for Bad Loans
- Predicting quick rebound can lower first-quarter, future costs
- ECB has signaled support for assumptions of recovery this year
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European banks are seeking to avoid setting aside billions of euros to cover bad loans after the coronavirus outbreak, in a departure from U.S. competitors collectively taking a $25 billion hit.