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Washington, 7 may (EFE) .- The U.S. government said hoyque ten of the 19 largest banks in the country need conjuntounos additional $ 75,000 million of capital losses for afrontarpotenciales the recession worsens.

These estimates are the result of two months and a half analisisexhaustivos of bank balance sheets, a process coined as a strength test with which the U.S. Government buscarestaurar confidence in the financial sector.

The U.S. regulators have emphasized that the health of the banking system is a prerequisite for economic larecuperacion United States.

The government has insisted that it will not allow any of losbancos participants in the process will be ruined.

Banks need more capital will have until next June to 8DE develop an action plan to be aprobadoposteriormente by the authorities.

The U.S. Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, dijohoy at a press conference that the focus of the evidence deresistencia is the show transparency on the state banking delsistema.

I believe this will enable more money to flow into the sistemafinanciero, will make it easier to raise new private capital defuentes, said Geithner.

It will also be easier for banks to cancel the debt they have contracted with the government.

I think we have a banking system more efficient and robust, the secretary of Treasury. EFE