ECB publishes supervisory banking statistics on significant institutions for the fourth quarter of 2023

Aggregated annualised return on equity at 9.31% in fourth quarter of 2023 (compared with10.01% in third quarter and 7.68% in fourth quarter of 2022).

Aggregate non-performing loans ratio (excluding cash balances) stable at 2.30% (compared with2.27% in previous quarter).

Statistics include breakdown of non-performing loans ratios by counterparty sector for first time.

Share of loans showing significant increase in credit risk (stage 2 loans) rose to 9.74% (up from9.29% in previous quarter).