Creating "risk-assessment tools" is the kind of thing all bureaucracies excel at: It's the proverbial nail for the guy with the hammer.

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When the hammer comes down, if the chamber is empty, the ECB and Mr. Supposedly Tough Guy (or gal, in the case of Christine Lagarde), the IMF, will give the banks enough money to keep the game going.

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