View Single Post
Old 05-02-2023, 08:12 PM   #243
Mr.Coffee
damn onions
 
Mr.Coffee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Exp:
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG View Post
I’m not sure it’s really a problem here because the Fed is underwriting everything so if banks fail it’s just businesses failing not loss of funds. The underlying T-bills have a low coupon rate so a the value is terrible right now but provided inflation is controlled the real losses are a lot lower.

The Fed just has to work through the process of who is too big to fail and who gets wiped out. This is a little different than the housing crisis where the value of the asset was gone.
People say that Canadian banks are impenetrable but that defies logic and common sense and is not correct. The government only backstops about I think 30%. If there’s a run, we are ####ed.
Mr.Coffee is offline   Reply With Quote