Showing posts with label deposit insurance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deposit insurance. Show all posts
Saturday, August 02, 2014

Quote of the Day: The FDIC’s very paltry defense against defaults

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Since then, FDIC recovered a bit, and as of 2013 had $47 billion back in its fund. This small defense was insuring some $6 trillion in ins...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Chinese Mini-Bank Runs: Show ‘em the Money and Deposit Insurance

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The other day I posted here of a mini-run of a small Chinese rural bank in progress .  What course of action has been taken in order qu...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Quote of the Day: The Roots of the Too Big To Fail Doctrine

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For fractional reserve banking can only exist for as long as the depositors have complete confidence that regardless of the financial woes...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Central Bank Fractional Banking System: Bank Runs or Inflation

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The incumbent central bank fractional banking system means a choice between bank runs and price inflation. The great dean of Austrian s...

Cyprus: The Mouse that Roared

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Unfolding events in Cyprus may or may not be a factor for the Phisix or for the region over the coming days.  This will actually depend...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Pavlovian Markets Rise on ECB’s Proposed Deposit Guarantees

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US and European stocks went back into a Risk ON mode last night while Asian stocks climb again today on another report of a planned stimul...
Thursday, June 07, 2012

Eurozone’s Proposes Grand Bailout: Regional Banking Union

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So the rally incited by the Eurozone yesterday may have been triggered by reports of a proposed region wide banking union. From the CNN Mo...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Will the Eurozone’s Deposit Insurance Policies Hasten the Unraveling of the Euro?

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The great dean of the Austrian school of economics Professor Murray N. Rothbard once called deposit insurance a swindle . (bold emphasis min...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Testing the Banking System’s Resilience: Deposit Insurance Coverage

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Previously the conventional thinking was that the banking system signified as the ultimate bulwark of money. While people basically trusted ...