Why The Bad News On Housing Is Good News
Banking Links - March 1, 2010
Buffett On Housing - Why The Bad News Is Good News -Forbes
Buffett - Failed Bankers Still Live In Grand Style - TOL
The Abrupt Collapse of Empires - LAT
Many Banks Still On The Critical List - NYT
Bank of America’s $30 Million Dollar Man - Bloomberg
Banks Hire Home Builders - WSJ
Japan’s Final [...]
No Easy Way Out As Bank Lending Stalls
Banking Links - February 25, 2010
Banks, Like Everyone Else, Face Massive Tax Hikes - Bloomberg
‘Nascent’ Recovery Requires Low Rates - Bloomberg
Banks Bet On Greece Default - NYT
Credit Card Borrowing Becomes Road To Impoverishment - NYT
Bernanke Seeks To Preserve Fed’s Powers - WP
Citigroup To Sell Hedge Fund Business - WSJ
Banks Ease Terms On Jumbo Mortgage Lending [...]
Will More Leverage Save The Economy?
Banking Links - February 23, 2010
Excess Leverage Always Has A Bad Ending - Atlantic
Japan, Like Greece, Is Beyond Redemption - Bloomberg
Loan Mods Nothing More Than An Expensive Delay - Guess Who Pays? -Calculated Risk
Why Every Welfare State Will Follow Greece Into The Abyss - WP
US Banking Lending Drops At Fastest Rate In History - Telegraph
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Financial Regulatory Reform Remains Illusive
Banking Links - February 22, 2010
Regulatory Financial Reform - All Talk, No Action - FS
Without Borrowers Or Lenders, Deflation Is Inevitable - B Prechter
Yield Starved Japanese Scoop Up US Treasury Debt - Bloomberg
Fed Shows Its Hand With Discount Rate Hike - Econobrowser
Low Borrowing Rates Meaningless Without Income - NYT
Fundamental Financial Reform Victim Of Competing Special [...]
FDIC Encourages New Lending As Loan Defaults Grow
Regulators Tell Banks To Lend - “Prudent Lending Will Not Be Criticized”
The FDIC is encouraging banks under its supervision to increase lending to small businesses. In a recent Financial Institution Letter, the FDIC highlights reasons for the decline in lending to small businesses as well as the rationale for banks to lend more aggressively.
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Asset Wealth Illusions Fade As Debt Defaults Continue
Banking Links - February 21, 2010
Plunging Commercial Real Estate Values Not Reflected On Banks Balance Sheets- WP
Does Foreclosure Assistance For The Long Term Unemployed Make Sense? - Bloomberg
Discount Rate Hike Meaningless To Savers As Rates Stay Low - Bloomberg
Insurers Of Municipal Debt May Face Huge Claims - Bloomberg
Pros Ponder Merit Of Citigroup Stock - Barrons
Yield [...]
Regulators Cannot Stop Foolish Lending Decisions
Banking Links - February 19, 2010
Frightened Banks Hoard Cash - The Economist
Second Mortgage Writedowns Next Big Problem For Banks - NMN
“Council of Regulators” To Protect Against Systemic Financial Risks - Yahoo News
Debts That Cannot Be Repaid Will Not Be Repaid - Munis At Risk - WSJ
Fed Hikes Discount Rate - Bloomberg
Struggling Bank Objects To “Rigid” [...]
Indebted Governments See Central Banks As Final “Funding Option”
Banking Links - February 18, 2010
Is Your Bank On The “Do Not Trust” List? - Yahoo Finance
With Fiscal Policy Options Exhausted Japan Looks To Central Bank For Salvation - Bloomberg
Banks Take Blame For Collapse of Greece - FT
With Economy In “Recovery” Question Of How To Shrink Fed Balance Sheet Debated - Bloomberg
PIGS Risk Pushing Europe’s [...]
US Treasury Needs New Buyers At Debt Auctions
Banking Links - February 17, 2010
“Fool Me Once Shame On You” - US Asks Foreign Governments To Buy Mortgage Backed Securities - Again - WP
China’s Threat To Diversify Away From US Debt Becomes Reality - Bloomberg
Fed’s “Exit Strategy” A Mirage - Financial Sense
Goldman Sachs Sandbags Bond Investors On Sale Of Invisible Greek Debt - Bloomberg
BofA [...]
Taxpayers - Last Option To Bail Out Governments
Banking Links - February 16, 2010
Will US Housing Market Collapse As Government Winds Down Aid? - NYT
Paulson Attacks Obama’s Financial Regulation Plans -Says Big Banks Essential To Financial Recovery -Times OnLine
Europe At The Crossroads - Greece Rescue Would Open The Floodgates - FT
Forgiving Mortgage Debt Makes Payments Easier But At Whose Expense? - NYT
Greek [...]
