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Banks are trying to milk the government through the PPIP (Public Private Investment Program). The program was designed to provide liquidity for the so-called “toxic assets” on the balance sheets of financial institutions in the hope of increasing bank lending. However, it seems like the program is getting twisted. As described in this Wall Street [...]
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In case you missed which banks are probably undergoing “the stress test”, here is the list. This list was complied by Paul Kiel at ProPublica and consists of the banks that he thinks is likely to undergo the tests. Name and Total Assets in Billions 1. JPMorgan Chase – $2,175 2. Citigroup -$1,947 3. Bank [...]
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In the post, ” The Fed and The Banks“, I had three different graphs showing the activity level between the Fed and its member banks. Since the post on October 19, the trend continues to be the same. In October, the total borrowing of depository institutions from the Fed was reaching $300 Billion. It’s now [...]
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This is the second part of the educational series on the flaws of the current financial system. Here is the link to the first part. 4. Relying on Market Discipline In the recent past, regulatory regimes have moved in the direction of emphasizing self-regulation and market discipline instead of strict regulations. One argument for this [...]
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As you read articles about the current crisis, people are quick to say that “we have been here before” and that this is nothing short of a somewhat-typical downtrend in the market. If the market trends are not enough to say that what we have at the moment is something very different than what has [...]
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