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Why Dodd-Frank Is a Shell Game for Banks

September 28, 2018

Why Dodd-Frank Is a Shell Game for Banks Ten years after the crisis, financial regulation leaves taxpayers holding the bag for banks’ safety net. Regulation is best understood as a dynamic game of action and response, in which either regulators or regulatees may make a move at any time. In this game, regulatees tend to make […]

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State of European Banks: The ECB View vs Reality

September 15, 2018

State of European Banks: The ECB View vs Reality The ECB would like you to believe the European banking system is sound and banks are better regulated. They aren’t. Ten years after Lehman there are numerous statements from bureaucrats, academics, media and others that banks are now better regulated, more solid and liquidity problems vanished. […]

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BIS Confirms Banks Use “Lehman-Style Trick” To Disguise Debt, Engage In “Window Dressing”

June 24, 2018

BIS Confirms Banks Use “Lehman-Style Trick” To Disguise Debt, Engage In “Window Dressing” Several years ago we showed how the Fed’s then-new Reverse Repo operation had quickly transformed into nothing more than a quarter-end “window dressing” operation for major banks, seeking to make their balance sheets appear healthier and more stable for regulatory purposes. As […]

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Record Surge in Riskiest Loans Fattens Wall Street Banks

October 30, 2017

Record Surge in Riskiest Loans Fattens Wall Street Banks Crackdown efforts by bank regulators are put on hold. The volume of leveraged loans – the riskiest loans Wall Street banks provide – has surged 38% year-over-year and has already beaten the full-year record set in 2013, according to Dealogic. Total of leveraged loans outstanding has […]

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Should Bank Regulation be Relaxed?

August 27, 2017

SHOULD BANK REGULATION BE RELAXED? Leading Federal Reserve policymaker Stanley Fischer has hit out at plans to unwind banking regulation, calling it a “terrible mistake.” President Donald Trump and republican politicians have advocated the repeal of Dodd Frank, a major piece of post-crisis legislation, and the loosening of some capital and liquidity requirements in a […]

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Something Is Dangerously Wrong at the New York Fed | Armstrong Economics

October 25, 2014

Something Is Dangerously Wrong at the New York Fed | Armstrong Economics. In a speech this week, New York Federal Reserve Board President William Dudley addressed pervasive misconduct within the financial industry, refusing to dismissively lay the blame on a few bad apples. “The problems originate from the culture of the firms, and this culture is largely shaped by the […]

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