Sunday, April 06, 2014

Subsidizing TBTF Banks

Simon Johnson thinks that the IMF has proven that big banks have a 1% advantage in the credit markets. In our current low interest environment that is a heck of an advantage. It's worth about $70 billion a year. The IMF used three different methodologies  -  based on credit ratings, options prices and bond yields - to come to that conclusion.

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