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Hello. Hello, I'm Edward McBride, finance editor of the Economist, and this is Money Talks. This week our economics editor John O', talks about the crisis facing Italian banks.

Even though the Italian banks are not exposed very much to Britain, there is a link between Brexit

and the intensification of pressure on their shares in the past week.

And you've heard of cooked books, but what about missing books?

Stan Pinyal, our correspondent in South Asia, discusses one Indian company's misplaced accounts.

The airline's books have entirely vanished. It is a bit of a problem

for its creditors who are trying to get money back from the airline.

And finally, is cash worth the trouble? Sasha Nauter, our European finance correspondent,

wonders why we bother.

Cash is quite a lot of hassle.

It's quite expensive to handle.

If you're a retailer, you need to store it,

then have it securely moved to a bank it needs to be

washed it needs to be guarded it needs to be checked for all sorts of things

first though we had to Rome where Prime Minister Mateo Renzi is squaring off with the

European Union over his plans to bail out Italy's banks.

Last week as Brexit engulfed the markets and sent Italian bank shares into a tail spin,

Mr Renzi reiterated his view that the Eurozone's budget rules were crimping growth.

Mr Renzi would like Europe to put more emphasis on promoting growth and investment and less on balancing the books. Mr. He's banks are saddled with too many bad debts and so are too weak to help revive the economy by extending new credit.

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