Some universal banks did well, others badly.

To be sure, some domestic banks continue to provide credit.

Banks lend to banks, so while some are more illiquid than others, they are all intrinsically illiquid institutions.

Some member states favor restricting European supervision to systemically important banks.

At some point, investors will realize that bank losses are massive, and that some banks are insolvent.

Mortgage banks kept some claims on their books, but sold most of them to investment banks as mortgage backed securities.

Some foreign banks are now withdrawing liquid funds from subsidiaries in emerging Europe.

Some investment banks prospered (in Goldman Sachs case, perhaps too much), others collapsed.

Some 300,000 people were duly herded to the banks of the Araxes River.

To avoid an additional credit crunch as banks deleverage, banks should be given some short term forbearance on capital and liquidity requirements.

Of course, some banks will always do better than others, just as some will suffer more than others from negative trends.

Some member states favor restricting European supervision to systemically important banks. But the Commission believes that it should cover all 6,000 banks in the eurozone.

If central banks are tightening and long term rates aren t rising, one needs some explanation.

European financial markets were, and to some extent still are, dominated by a few large banks.

Debt write downs and guarantees will inevitably bloat Germany s government debt, as the authorities are forced to bail out German banks (and probably some neighboring countries banks).

The banks rob people, and people rob the banks.

Some kind of penalty or subsidy thus has to be applied to encourage banks to issue them.

Second, member states relinquished some control over their banks, in order to boost the system s overall stability.

Third, financial shocks will be worse than expected. At some point, investors will realize that bank losses are massive, and that some banks are insolvent.

Europe s Zombie Banks

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Taming Europe s Banks

Indeed, more than thinking, it should have done some regulating to prevent Europe s banks from becoming so vulnerable.

Some retail banks went belly up, like Northern Rock, while others stayed afloat (Santander s UK subsidiary, for example).

And, as a result, banks are being hit with regulatory constraints that limit some aspects of their business.

Some of this demand is coming from central banks, such as those of India, China, and South Korea.

When banks stopped providing short term liquidity to other banks and industrial companies, central banks filled the gap.

How to Bail out Good Banks and Let Bad Banks Fail

The first explanation is that the banks have not, in fact, bought insurance, and some have taken speculative positions.

There are also substantial investments by American money market funds in instruments issued by some of the exposed banks.

These are times when central banks need to spend some of the credibility that they accumulate in normal times.

Some banks in Singapore are accused of providing the money to companies that engage in unsustainable palm oil production

Britain nationalizes its banks.

Japan s banks followed suit.

Of Banks and Bailouts

Why Target Big Banks?

The End of Banks?

Central Banks Outdated Independence

Consider banks capital requirements.

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Banks closed their doors.

The banks are closed.

I don't trust banks.

The river has banks.

Mortgage banks kept some claims on their books, but sold most of them to investment banks as mortgage backed securities. The investment banks blended these securities into asset backed securities and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and sold them on to financial institutions throughout the world.