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Has the sub prime crisis run its course?
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mises



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/british-banks-are-technically-insolvent-1418229.html

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Britains biggest banks are "technically insolvent", Royal Bank of Scotland said yesterday...


Is there a different kind of insolvent?
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Bigfeet



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

American banks, on the other hand, are bastions of of calmness in this tempest:

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/01/12/daily49.html

Federal officials have given Bank of America Corp. $20 billion more in bailout money and have guaranteed about $100 billion in loan losses to keep the bank�s Merrill Lynch & Co. purchase on track.
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The additional $20 billion makes BofA one of the largest recipients of federal cash from the the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program adopted last year by Congress. BofA got $15 billion from that program in October. When it bought Merrill, it got the $10 billion that was slated to go to the investment bank. With the latest injection, the bank will have received $45 billion. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) is the other largest recipient.
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