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Mar 2023
27m 18s

Europe's banking woes

Bbc World Service
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Our presenter Will Bain we be taking a look at Europe's Banking situation as Deutsche Banks shares fell by 14% and other banks are struggling. We will be hearing from the former head of the European Central Bank Peter Hahn on what he thinks is going wrong. The China Development Forum returns for the first time in person since before the pandemic. The event i ... Show More
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