Amid a shaky marketplace, investors are eyeing the yield curve for signs of economic stability. History shows that when the yield curve inverts, a recession may soon follow. Photo Composite: Stephanie Swart for The Wall Street Journal. For Europe’s beleaguered lenders, it is heaping pain on an already tough situation. A triple-whammy of factors has weighed on European lenders: negative rates, a slowing economy and money laundering scandals driving compliance costs higher.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 26, 2019 12:00 UTC