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Recent global fund managers' survey by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) showed that vast majority of the fund managers are worried over the health of the European banks. They are right in doing so.
This chart from Forward Guidance of Bloomberg shows the capital shortfall for the European banks and its billions of euros.
At this point, a return of inflation could prove deadly for the banks.
