Italy central bank says lenders must prepare for pickup in bad loans <!-- no image --> <div>Italian banks must be ready for when the current economic slowdown translates into a bigger proportion of loans turning sour, a senior Bank of Italy official said on Tuesday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=TTuwv5Kod98:Kzk8kWMEpqc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=TTuwv5Kod98:Kzk8kWMEpqc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=TTuwv5Kod98:Kzk8kWMEpqc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=TTuwv5Kod98:Kzk8kWMEpqc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=TTuwv5Kod98:Kzk8kWMEpqc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/TTuwv5Kod98" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters