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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

Since the start of February this year, the Fed has expanded its balance sheet by more than $2.4 To put that in context, the Fed was created in 1913, and its total balance sheet assets only reached $2.4 trillion in assets, but only 2 months to achieve the same amount of balance sheet expansion this year.

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Draghi Pressures ECB to Buy "Junk-Rated" Loan Bundles of Greece and Cyprus

MishTalk

On September 4, ECB President pulled out a financial bazooka including a pledge to build up the ECB''s balance sheet by another €1 trillion. In this case, the stench on Greek bank balance sheets will not go away. Instead, stench will also appear on the balance sheet of the ECB.

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Mish Fined 8,000 Euros for Quoting French Blog

MishTalk

Banks; Global Financial System is Bankrupt. The effects of a system that ''encourages excessive financial leverage''. trillion balance sheet is leveraged nearly 49-to-1. As a group, these three banks have some €4 trillion in assets on their balance sheets, supported by €129.3 By contrast, J.P. billion (€489.9

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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

MishTalk

Next year will be a very important year for China because possible strains in the banking system and the intensity with which the reformers present their case will give us a better sense both of how much debt capacity the country retains and of how well positioned Xi Jinping and his allies are to implement the needed reforms.

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Another Unbelievable Stress-Free Test; Whitewash Math and Deferred Tax Assets

MishTalk

Roughly one in five of the euro zone''s top lenders failed landmark health checks at the end of last year but most have since repaired their finances, the European Central Bank said on Sunday. I don''t feel a whole lot more reassured about the health of the banking system today than last week." €48 The 130 banks account for 81.6

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business

It may feel as though the financial system hasn’t changed much in the decade since the downturn, but it has. Most of the regulation was meant to safeguard the financial system, and the taxpayers who had to bail it out, from another crisis. Many other financial firms including AIG, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac needed bail outs.

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Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business

Harvard Business

Many commercial and industrial buildings have rooftops, parking structures, and unused land that can host systems that are significantly larger and cheaper than residential systems. The most common and fast-growing source of locally generated (or “distributed”) power is rooftop solar. electric demand.

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