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 […]
Financial Regulatory Reform Remains Illusive
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
FDIC Encourages New Lending As Loan Defaults Grow
February 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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. […]
Asset Wealth Illusions Fade As Debt Defaults Continue
February 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
Regulators Cannot Stop Foolish Lending Decisions
February 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 – […]
Indebted Governments See Central Banks As Final “Funding Option”
February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 – […]
US Treasury Needs New Buyers At Debt Auctions
February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
Taxpayers – Last Option To Bail Out Governments
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Return Of Risk – A World Of Bankrupt Governments
February 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Banking Links – February 15, 2010 China Follows Same Script Leading to Japan and U.S. Real Estate Crash – LAT Banking Industry A Mere Sideshow Compared to Sovereign Debt Crisis – Trader Mark How Wall Street Helped Greece To Borrow Beyond Its Means – Debt That Isn’t Debt – NYT Lender With the Biggest Exposure […]