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Categories: Economics & Finance
Bad bank is a term for a financial institution created to hold non-performing assets owned by a state guaranteed bank. Such institutions have been created to address challenges arising during an economic credit crunch wherein private banks are allowed to take problem assets off their books.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_bank)
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