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Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer At the "The Great Recession--Moving Ahead,"

 I'll just leave this right here....

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/fischer20140811a.htm

Work on the use of the resolution mechanisms set out in the Dodd-Frank Act, based on the principle of a single point of entry–though less advanced than the work on capital and liquidity ratios–holds the promise of making it possible to resolve banks in difficulty at no direct cost to the taxpayer.
As part of this approach, the United States is preparing a proposal to require systemically important banks to issue bail-inable long-term debt that will enable insolvent banks to recapitalize themselves in resolution without calling on government funding–this cushion is known as a “gone concern” buffer.

 Though Fischer doesn’t detail exactly what “bail-inable long term debt” actually is, one only needs to look to Europe, namely Cyprus, to understand what he means.

1 comment:

  1. This has already happened in Canada. Soon most western countries will have this troubling legislation in place. Many retirees will find their hard earned cash turned into crummy bank shares in the not too distant future.

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