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The switch to doing more lending through investment-banking operations has only made matters worse. For deposit-based loans, the banks have wide discretion as to when they record a loss. Some do it after a borrower misses his first payment. Other banks wait until the loan is 120 days...
Regulators are split on what to do next. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is backing a plan to create what it calls an aggregator bank, which would buy up the loans of BofA, Citigroup and the rest of our now troubled system, theoretically putting an end to the escalating losses...
Nonetheless, the idea of new loan guarantees as the solution to fix the banking crisis appears to be gaining momentum in Washington and abroad. Earlier in the week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner seemed to have struck a deal between the FDIC and the Federal Reserve to roll out a new...
But what to do? The only thing observers agree on is that none of the options are savory. Some economists believe we should stick with the current plan, and continue to buy up preferred shares in bank stocks. But a growing number of economists and industry watchers say we need...
This is a fundamental misreading of the U.S.-China economic relationship. The Chinese RMB would go up in value relative to the dollar (exactly what some critics seek) if the Chinese did repatriate more of the money they earn via exports instead of reinvesting those dollars back into Treasuries. But...