Deutsche Bank CEO Warns on Recession, China and US Banks

Deutsche Bank CEO Warns on Recession, China and US Banks
The logo of Deutsche Bank on their headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 4, 2021. Armando Babani/AFP via Getty Images
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FRANKFURT—Deutsche Bank chief Christian Sewing, painting a bleaker assessment of the Germany economy, on Wednesday warned that China was a considerable risk for the nation and that Europe needed big banks to fend off American competitors.

Sewing, speaking at a conference in Frankfurt, said Germany would “no longer be able to avert a recession”.