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Date Posted: 9:53:50 4/15/23 Sat
Author: Jasper
Subject: Banking stuff, gov/fed figures, go figure. alasdair Macleod

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In percentage terms, bank credit has not yet declined as much as it did over the Lehman crisis, but it appears to be declining more aggressively. However, the common factors with every bank credit crisis are fear of losses replacing a desire for profits and their impact on highly leveraged bank balance sheets. The chart below, which is constructed from the FDIC’s bank ratio tables, illustrates the true position from a bank shareholder’s viewpoint.

As an approximation, we can see that based on the ratio of assets to Tier 1 capital that the entire banking system is significantly more leveraged than it has been since 1990, when the FDIC’s figures commenced.[iv] The ratio is now turning down, probably more so when 2023 Q1 statistics become available shortly.



https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/alasdair-macleod/its-all-hotting-up/

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