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Mish Fined 8,000 Euros for Quoting French Blog

MishTalk

trillion balance sheet is leveraged nearly 49-to-1. Credit Agricole argues that €500 billion of that should be netted out because of its hybrid banking/insurance business model, which still leaves it leveraged 33 times. As a group, these three banks have some €4 trillion in assets on their balance sheets, supported by €129.3

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

For example, if the US government spends more than it collects in taxes, it can finance the budget deficit by selling bonds. However, when confidence eventually returns and the rate of spending starts to rise, at that point, the Federal Reserve will not be able to reduce the money supply by shrinking the size of its balance sheet.

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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

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China''s Central Bank Discusses Deposit Insurance On December 9, Caixin Online noted PBOC Said to Be Talking to Major Banks about Deposit Insurance. Total credit in the economy (total social financing) showed a 40 per cent rise in November over the prior month and is on course for growth this year of almost 20 per cent.

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Customer intent is a treasure trove of actionable data hiding in plain sight

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By 2025, smart workflows and seamless interactions among humans and machines will be as standard as the corporate balance sheet, and most employees will use data to optimize nearly every aspect of their work, predicts McKinsey & Company.

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Banks – Industry Overview

Tom Spencer

Investment banks are split between capital markets and corporate finance (also known as investment banking). Investment Banking – Capital Markets (Wholesale Banking) and Corporate Finance. Banks have huge balance sheets well in excess of their equity value due to all deposits being liabilities – the balance sheet is the business.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: FHA Swamped By Defaults.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. The dismal forecast has some bracing for another taxpayer-financed bailout. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. Minyanville Business and Market News. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

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Blockchain Could Make the Insurance Industry Much More Transparent

Harvard Business

While Edward Lloyd is largely credited with commercializing the insurance industry, with the creation of his namesake firm, Lloyd’s, over 330 years ago, the original concept of spreading risk (or “mutualizing”) goes back even further. Herein, as with all insurance, is where the concept of utmost good faith is laid bare.