Subprime crisis to hit world economy -D.Bank CEO
Mon Sep 3, 2007 12:26AM EDT
FRANKFURT, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Global economic growth will take a hit as a result of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, says the chief executive of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), Germany's biggest bank.
"Growth, especially of private consumption in the United States, will suffer because of the housing crisis and that can naturally not go without negatively affecting the world economy overall," Josef Ackermann said in a guest column to be published in the German business daily Handelsblatt on Monday.
Handelsblatt made a summary of Ackermann's text available to other media at the weekend.
Ackermann said many banks and investors affected by the credit market turmoil that arose in the wake of the subprime crisis had apparently taken risks that exceeded their size and risk-bearing capacity.
Ackermann is nu niet bepaald een kluizenaar.Als zulke man deze uitspraak doet kan men maar beter zijn voorzorgen nemen.