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Bankers have an odd-sounding problem these days: they are awash in cash.
Lending levels have not bounced back from only a few years ago and the loans going out are not keeping pace with the deposits rushing in.
What’s more, the profitability of each new loan has shrunk. Because the Federal Reserve effectively sets the floor off which banks price their lending rates, its decision to lower interest rates to near zero means the banks earn less money on the deposits they lend out.
The banks are also earning less on the deposits left over to invest. They typically park that money overnight at the Fed for a pittance, or invest it in ultra-safe securities, like bonds backed by the government. But with interest rates so low, the yields on those investments have been crushed.
Originally posted by Maluhia
Only problem is, the banks don't want your money anyway.
Bankers have an odd-sounding problem these days: they are awash in cash.
Lending levels have not bounced back from only a few years ago and the loans going out are not keeping pace with the deposits rushing in.
What’s more, the profitability of each new loan has shrunk. Because the Federal Reserve effectively sets the floor off which banks price their lending rates, its decision to lower interest rates to near zero means the banks earn less money on the deposits they lend out.
The banks are also earning less on the deposits left over to invest. They typically park that money overnight at the Fed for a pittance, or invest it in ultra-safe securities, like bonds backed by the government. But with interest rates so low, the yields on those investments have been crushed.
www.nytimes.com...
They can't put the money on the street to bring in intrest. No Loans= No intrest= blow to the income of the banks.
reply to post by l_e_cox
Most big banks are basically commercial banks, and they won't really hurt financially unless they begin to lose their corporate clients ( which I am sure include many local and state governments, and unions, as well as businesses). If we could somehow get union and government pension funds, for example, out of the big banks, that could have significant financial impact.
Originally posted by Maluhia
reply to post by BadNinja68
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They can't put the money on the street to bring in intrest. No Loans= No intrest= blow to the income of the banks.
I'm pretty sure I didn't miss the point. I understand what you are saying, but what they are saying is right now they don't need more money that costs them money to maintain. Until the investment environment improves, holding the money actually costs them money and the rate of return is not in their favor. Read the whole article.
I'm not defending the banks, I'm just saying that the method of protest - taking your money out - is not going to have the impact you are looking for at this time. Eventually maybe.edit on 26-10-2011 by Maluhia because: (no reason given)