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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

The MBS market boomed due to a general consensus that property prices would always go up, mortgages were extremely unlikely to fail on a large scale, and the fact that credit rating agencies were willing to give AAA-ratings to the senior slices of CDOs even if the underlying pool of mortgages were all “subprime”.

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities. Will humanity ever learn its lesson? The US Federal Reserve spent around 3.7

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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?

MishTalk

China''s Move to Market-Set Rates Let''s step back to December 8 and look at China Relaxes Grip on Interest Rates China is relaxing its grip on interest rates with the launch of a financial instrument that allows banks to trade deposits with each other at market-determined prices. China’s credit boom is still in full swing.

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China Interest Rate Crisis Continues: 7-Day Interest Rate Doubles to 10% in One Week; China Bans Words "Cash Crunch"

MishTalk

An exceptional bid by China’s central bank to curb soaring interest rates and relieve pressure on the financial system appeared to have come up short on Monday, as Chinese money market rates shrugged off the measure and continued to approach the crisis levels seen in June.

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business

The market panicked. 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. HBR Staff/CSA Plastock/Getty Images. mortgage-related funds.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. To analyze EvD, determining the relative importance of data to an enterprise’s balance sheet, its ability to effectively compete, and its operational capabilities is a good place to start.

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Former Fed Governor Thomas Hoenig Says US Banks Undercapitalized, Unsafe, and Unsound

MishTalk

In a recent speech, Mr. Hoenig noted that under American accounting rules, derivative holdings add $300 billion to the balance sheets of five top banks — JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In a healthy system, the banks would hold enough capital to ensure that doesn’t happen again.

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