If this statement is to be believable after uninsured depositors were effectively wiped out in Cyprus, Mr. Schaeuble should have the banks provide transparency and prove that they are not insolvent.
Naturally, the first banks to provide ultra transparency and disclose their current global asset, liability and off-balance sheet exposure details should be in Germany.
It is only with this information that market participants can assess the solvency of each bank and assess the risk that they might be called on to bailout an insolvent bank.
The failure of Mr. Schaeuble to back up his claim that deposits are safe by insisting that eurozone banks provide transparency is the equivalent of waving a big red flag and saying of course the banks have something to hide and we need depositors to keep their money in the banks so that we can seize it.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said savings accounts in the euro zone are safe, adding that Cyprus is a "special case" and not a template for future rescues....
"Cyprus is and will remain a special one-off case," Schaeuble said.
"The savings accounts in Europe are safe."Prove it!
Require the banks to provide ultra transparency so that market participants can confirm this statement.
Schaeuble said the problem in Cyprus was that two large banks in Cyprus were in effect no longer solvent and the Cyprus government did not have enough money to guarantee savings.
"That's why the other euro zone countries had to help," he said. "Together in the Eurogroup we decided to have the owners and creditors take part in the costs of the rescue - in other words those who helped cause the crisis."...
"Yes, you could see that during the Cyprus crisis," he said. "The entire turbulence did not have any impact on the other countries in Southern Europe."...Except for the fact that uninsured depositors are now quickly figuring out how to reduce their exposure so that all their deposits are insured.
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