Sentences with phrase «in toxic assets»

The International Monetary Fund estimated that major U.S. and European Banks lost as much as 2.8 trillion in toxic assets and bad loans in from 2007 to 2010.

The International Monetary Fund estimated that major U.S. and European Banks lost as much as 2.8 trillion in toxic assets and bad loans in from 2007 to 2010.

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March 23: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveils plans to buy as much as US$ 2 trillion in unwanted mortgages and other «toxic assets» from banks.

The 2008 financial crisis, on the other hand, was triggered in part by subprime mortgages — essentially, loans given to homeowners unlikely to be able to pay them back — and investment vehicles based on them in which these toxic assets were bundled and often hidden.

What is worse is that all those Chinese have been saving their money and investing these last few years (those who could) and they invested in the same toxic assets that folded not long ago.

The toxic securitized mortgage assets were not in the Main Street banks and savings and loans; these institutions owned mostly prime quality whole loans and could have bled down the modest bad debt they did have over time from enhanced loan loss reserves.

The run was on wholesale money - that is, on repo and on unsecured commercial paper that had been issued in the hundreds of billions by financial institutions loaded down with securitized toxic garbage, including a lot of in - process inventory, on the asset side of their balance sheets.

Consider here what motivated the banks in the first place: a great amount of their assets turned out to be worthless (the famous «toxic» assets) when the bust hit in 2008, and they found it difficult to maintain minimum capital ratios; their deposit liabilities of course remained the same, and initially the level of non-borrowed bank reserves went deeply into negative territory (this is to say, they were forced to borrow directly from the Fed's discount window during this time).

just read the American Government warnings for Citizens travelling in Mexico and you will know that Paradise Earth is no longer Heaven on Earth... Rebellions, Refugees camps, Government Corruption, Wars, Death, Wealth disparity, injustice, State Security regulations... Poverty, unnecessary suffering, Death... Toxic Assets, Economic Depression, Filthy Rich and Perversion....

One of the signal results of toxic - stress exposure is a hyperactive fight - or - flight mechanism, which can be a valuable asset in a violent home or neighborhood but is much less helpful during a seventh - grade history lesson.

So you are torn between wanting to draw a line in the sand, sever all connection with your toxic mate and divorce, which means expense and dividing up the assets which for the vast majority of people means having to settle for a lower standard of accommodation, much lower.

Direct British bank exposure to Greece is only # 10bn, though of course in our interconnected world of toxic financial instruments ostensibly trading as assets who can say what the real risk is?

It seems the markets are buoyed again in the short term as the US government will eventual bridge the divide and start to buy up the «toxic» mortgage - backed assets.

This is off - topic now, but I guess Chase is doing what Congress was too stupid to think of doing when passing the $ 700 billion bailout that the Bush administration said was needed desperately and immediately — get better valuation of the toxic derivative securities (which these credit card receivables are in too) by getting as much of the underlying assets paid off and out of the pool as possible.

I would add in other asset classes as well: credit default, emerging markets, junk bonds, low - quality stocks, the toxic waste of Asset - and Mortgage - backed securities, and private eqasset classes as well: credit default, emerging markets, junk bonds, low - quality stocks, the toxic waste of Asset - and Mortgage - backed securities, and private eqAsset - and Mortgage - backed securities, and private equity.

Even if the plan to remove toxic assets from bank balance sheets is successful (however «success» might be defined), the rate of foreclosure will be unaffected, because no change in the payment obligations of homeowners will result.

The problem in money markets would be greatly eased if US banks sold their non government bonds for US Treasuries as Treasuries are zero weighted and other bonds are not (this includes good assets, not just the toxic stuff).

He was in favor of the UK toxic asset swap scheme — even though the pricing was ridiculous.

Thai turbine - terrorists, RATCH have also reacted with crazed panic; and have put everything up for grabs — clearly hoping to get out of a brewing financial collapse by way of the «greater fool theory ``, that vendors of toxic assets rely on when they're looking to ditch them in a hurry.

Your experience, knowledge and skills can make you a valuable asset to the trial team in a toxic tort case.

FATCA makes U.S. citizens living and working abroad toxic assets in the eyes of both financial institutions and employers;

Coordinated, precise deployment of these comprehensive resources helps minimize the consequences — including employee injury or toxic tort claims by exposed persons, and difficulty in recovering insurance assets.

We look at an overview of the current financial crisis and the reasons for it — Toxic assets and why the banks lent so much to people with so little — The Role of The Bank of England and whether reduction in interest rates is working — The possibility of Deflation — Short selling of bank shares — The World shedding 70,000 + jobs a day — Madoff — How long the recession is likely to last.

Banks benefit from others investing in notes as well because they are able to remove assets that are considered «toxic» from their books.

And in the wake of the government's announcement that TARP money won't be used to buy toxic commercial real estate backed assets, spreads on the CMBX - NA - AJ 5 index shot up to 1,156 basis points on Nov. 13, while spreads on the CMBX - NA - AA - 5 index went up to 2,051 basis points.

In total, the TARP expenditures (between banks, other institutions and toxic asset purchases) were just over $ 600B.