Die Konkurse würden das Eurosystem, das selbst nur über ein Eigenkapital in Höhe von etwa 500 Milliarden Euro verfügt, massiv belasten und die Problematik des Bail-out mit der Notenpresse jedermann klar vor Augen führen.
After all, if one takes the average of estimates reported by reputable sources, the write-off losses of the six crisis countries’ banks amount to about €670 billion. Participating in these write-offs would put huge strain on the Eurosystem (the ECB and the central banks of the eurozone member states), which has only around €500 billion in equity capital.