Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A higher ratio of fee income implies less traditional credit risk and less balance sheet usage (therefore higher ROE) but also implies greater market risk related to securities portfolios and potentially higher revenue volatility related to volatility in capital markets.

Metrics 88

Metrics Banking Balance Sheet Efficiency 88

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

Financial fluctuations (“financial cycles”) that can end in banking crises such as the recent one last much longer than business cycles. Yet financial cycles can go largely undetected. Yet financial cycles can go largely undetected. Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession.

Balance Sheet 74

Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 74

MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

While the benchmark deposit rate was officially lowered from 3.00% to 2.75%, the upper limit that banks can pay for deposits remained unchanged at 3.30%. It may seem strange to have both a benchmark rate and a “floating range” that establishes a cap, instead of just setting a cap, as was the case until very recently.

Banking 71

Banking System Benchmarking Finance 71

MishTalk

JANUARY 3, 2014

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. George Magnus writing for the Financial Times about the cash crunch noted "China’s credit boom is still in full swing. Here we are. The broad U.S.

Conference 74

Conference Banking Government Balance Sheet 74