At a minimum, proprietary trading ought to be financed by banks own capital.

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Rather, the banking system is at the brink of insolvency, with a permanent loss in equity capital.

According to figures released by the American investment bank Salomon Brothers, the return of flight capital was estimated at around 40 billion for Latin America in 1991, led by Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

Sound economic policies, sustainable economic growth, and adequate rates of return on investment tend to reverse capital flight.

In earlier times, growth was fueled by capital scarcity capital investment attracted a high rate of return, and this created a virtuous circle of saving and investment.

They will continue to deprive the banking system of its equity capital, with little chance of it being recouped in the near future.

The lack of equity resulted largely from the concept of limited liability, which provided an incentive for excessive leveraging.

Corporations, moreover, are holding the largest amounts of cash, relative to assets and net worth, ever recorded.

In Switzerland, the leverage ratio is now central.

I am convinced that we need an overall cap on leverage on banks balance sheets, regardless of risk asset weightings or value at risk measurements. The fact that equity to asset ratios are currently averaging out at about 3 tells you everything that you need to know about the inadequacy of the current pro cyclical capital requirement framework.

The fact that equity to asset ratios are currently averaging out at about 3 tells you everything that you need to know about the inadequacy of the current pro cyclical capital requirement framework.

And this one is now 67, and that's not a good score.

Vacancy factor (20 per cent)

Dr. Patterson, a psychologist, has tested Koko's IQ.

Is he tall?

I am tall.

He is tall.

Tom is tall.

He's tall.

I'm tall.

The bridge is high.

Are you tall?

Are you tall?

Is Tom tall?

Dad is tall.

Huge boom. Huge boom. Huge bust. Huge bust.

Tom is tall, but not as tall as I am.

Tom is tall, but not as tall as me.

He's a victim of his own success.

She's a victim of her own success.

Tom killed his own father.

Tom murdered his own father.

Tom is afraid of his own son.

Mary is afraid of her own son.

He killed his own father.

She killed her own father.

He murdered his own father.

She murdered her own father.

Tom betrayed his own brother.

Banks would scale down their balance sheets in proportion to their reported equity losses and exacerbate the credit crunch from which the world is already suffering today.

Reckless balance sheet expansion in pursuit of profit is kept in check if financial companies adhere to statutory capital requirements, which mandate a capital asset ratio of about 8 .

In Saudi Arabia, the average is over 6 children.

Indeed, these cuts perform poorly on the CBO s measure of budgetary effectiveness.

Compared with other drugs with the same indications, new drugs should be selected on the basis of their safety, effectiveness, and cost.