Word: bankes
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...likely add up to a bleak picture, both in terms of consumer confidence levels and the overall health of the U.S. economy. "The data will show an economy that has lost a lot of steam in September in relation to August," says Joe LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank. "It remains to be seen how bad October will be, but we could really see a bad quarter in terms of Gross Domestic Product performance where we are down at least a couple of percentage points...
...Visibility is very poor, so it's impossible to see how badly the flagging real economy will be undermined by this," comments HervéGoulletquer, head of fixed income markets for French Investment Bank Calyon Crédit Agricole. "Growth in emerging markets next year had been expected to mitigate zero-growth anticipated in Europe and the U.S. After all that's happened, no one can say: this could be a mild slowing, or it could be severe...
...plan calls for Treasury to inject billions of dollars into the banking system. Paulson is requiring the nine biggest lenders in the country - including Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan - to sell $125 billion of preferred shares to the taxpayer and to commit in return to lending out much of that money. That should have an immediate effect in reviving the lending business. Treasury is making another $125 billion available to smaller banks on the same terms...
...other significant parts of the new plan are funded from other sources, and won't add to the taxpayer tab. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will guarantee certain bank accounts - those mostly used by businesses for payroll and other expenses - above the current $250,000 limit. The FDIC will also guarantee lending between banks by creating a new kind of debt. The FDIC is calling this program a "Temporary Liquidity Guarantee...
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