Word: deposit
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...hard to find anecdotes of business booming at credit unions and community banks, which rely on deposits rather than financing in the capital markets. But even there's nuance even there. The amount you can expect from a top-yielding certificate of deposit has fallen from about 5.5% to 4.25% over the past year, according to Bankrate.com. On the surface that seems to indicate banks aren't that worried - if they really needed cash, wouldn't they up their rates to attract more money? Well, over the same period of time, the federal funds rate has been cut from...
...Think the unthinkable. On Sept. 18, Paulson and Bernanke laid out the dark scenario for stunned-silent congressional leaders: a stock-market crash, businesses going under, unemployment soaring, consumers unable to get so much as a car loan, banks failing so fast that they would quickly drain the federal deposit insurance fund--and with it, countless people's life savings. And unlike the chain reaction that came over the course of weeks and months in 1929, this one would happen in a matter of days, if not faster. "The chain reaction," said Paulson, "is quicker than in the past...
...fail because we had all kinds of flaws in our financial infrastructure, in the whole way over-the-counter derivatives work. We don't have the necessary laws or powers to deal with failing non-bank institutions. If they're a big bank, the depositor has deposit insurance and the regulators can wind them down without throwing them into bankruptcy...
...both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to operate as commercial rather than investment banks, CEO John Mack sees obvious benefits from a tie-up with the Tokyo giant. "Mitsubishi UFJ would be a valuable partner as we transition to a bank holding company and build our bank services and deposit base," Mack said...
...greater risk from mass redemptions - like a run on the bank - than there is from a rash of money funds declaring that their assets have gone bad. Money market funds are designed to be low risk, and by law are allowed to invest only in government bonds, certificates of deposit, short-term IOUs issued by companies, and other highly liquid securities - though, unlike the similarly named "money market deposit accounts" found at many banks, they're not FDIC-insured...