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Why full-reserve banking isn't a solution to bank failures
Ensuring safety for depositors at the expense of bank lending comes with high economic costs.
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The UK's net migration figures are absurd - and so are proposals to fix them
Net migration is set to show a large increase. Some are calling for drastic measures to bring it down. But detailed analysis shows this is pie in the…
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Bank failures: it's all about liquidity
Although banks create deposits when they lend, they can nevertheless run out of money.
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We need to talk about banks (again)
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Bank failures: it's all about liquidity
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The pass-the-parcel game
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The UK's net migration figures are absurd - and so are proposals to fix them
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Spring gloom
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We need to talk about banks (again)
How can we make them safer? Do they need more regulation? What about deposit insurance?
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Tether is fractionally reserved
Claims that it is "overcollateralised" miss the point
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First Republic Bank goes to meet its maker
The troubled bank has been closed down by the California regulator and its assets and deposits transferred to JP Morgan Chase.
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The pass-the-parcel game
The Bank of England's chief economist says we need to accept that we are poorer. But he's not only talking about workers.
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Can First Republic Bank recover?
First Republic Bank suffered a $100bn bank run in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank's failure and is now desperately trying to fill a $70bn deposit hole.
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Three bad banks
Credit Suisse conjures up an entirely fictional profit, the ghosts of the past come back to haunt UBS, and First Republic Bank puts a smiley face on…
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Saturday reading
Posts and links from the past week
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