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‘Too Big to Fail’ Was Bad Enough for the Banks. Now We Have ‘Too Many to Fail.’

News Articles / Raghuram G. Rajan / February 13, 2024

The danger of forgetting the 2023 banking crisis and SVB’s collapse. New York Community Bancorp stocks dropped 38% in a day after reporting a $252 million loss, reminding this banking crisis is far from over. Recall that three mid-size U.S. banks suddenly failed around March 2023. The most prominent was Silicon Valley Bank, which became the second-largest bank failure in […]

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The Regional Banking Crisis Resumes…

News Articles / Harvard Gold Group / February 2, 2024

NY Community Bancorp, which is a regional bank such as SVB, experienced a staggering 38% drop in its stock price 2 days ago. This was a direct result of the shocking disclosure of a $252 million loss. In response, the bank took immediate action to address its financial situation by reducing its quarterly dividend and

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A Commercial Real Estate Crash Is Unfolding, and Regional Banks Are Feeling the Pain

News Articles / Aruni Soni / February 1, 2024

Commercial real estate loans are going sour with huge defaults on the horizon, pummeling banks from New York to Tokyo. Regional bank stocks are feeling the bite of the unfurling commercial property crisis in a rout that’s giving SVB-collapse flashbacks. Regional banks are a lot more exposed and vulnerable to commercial real estate loans. The

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‘These Banks Are Going To Fail’: Kevin O’Leary Warns That Commercial Real Estate Collapse Will Have Dire Consequences.

News Articles / Jing Pan / September 21, 2023

Commercial real estate is confronting significant challenges due to lower occupancy rates and higher interest rates. Even in cities like Boston, you find lots of vacancies, up to 40% of buildings. A market correction is about to happen because of rising rates, and we’ve got to refinance these buildings, and many of them have no

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Is The Fed Ignoring Signs of Another Financial Collapse?

News Articles / DESMOND LACHMAN / September 21, 2023

In March 2008, the Fed overlooked the clear signals provided by the Bear Stearns’ failure leading to the Great Economic Recession. The Federal Reserve is sticking to its mantra of high-interest rates for longer in order to regain inflation control. By so doing, the Fed risks inviting a financial system crisis next year that could

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Fitch Warns Multiple US Banks Face Credit Downgrade: Report

News Articles / Megan Henney / August 15, 2023

A Fitch Ratings analyst on Tuesday warned the agency may be forced to cut the credit ratings of more than a dozen banks, including some major Wall Street lenders. Another one-notch downgrade of the industry’s score, to A+ from AA-, would force Fitch to reassess ratings on each of the more than 70 U.S. banks it

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Why Fitch’s Downgrade Matters

News Articles / Greg Ip / August 9, 2023

Fitch Ratings’ decision to strip the U.S. of its triple-A credit rating last week was widely dismissed as meaningless This time, though, bond yields rose. That suggests Fitch’s action deserves our attention, not because it tells us anything new but because it joins the stack of evidence of how profoundly different, and risky, the nation’s fiscal situation

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