Wirtschaftsblogger Chris Martenson hat errechnet, dass die US Einlagensicherung nach der Pleite der letzten 4 Banken letzzte Woche eigentlich im negativen Bereich ist.
With this latest series of bank closings, the DIF ratio is now solidly in negative territory. Interestingly, we might also note that insured deposits have declined for the first time since at least 1999, which is as far back as I have found data.
http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/fdic-broke-now-what/25274
Danke fuer den Hinweis. Habe zu dem Thema auch folgendes gefunden. Diese Meldung wird allerdings bisher von den Headlines gemieden.
The FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund started 2008 with $53 billion. By March 31st of this year it had dwindled to approximately $13 billion. But there have been 56 bank and savings and loan failures since then. In fact, there were five bank failures last Friday.
So, how much is left of the Deposit Insurance Fund? A report published by Saxo Bank Research two days before the Colonial failure suggested that the DIF was down to $648.1 million. Colonial is expected to take a $2.8 billion bite out of the fund. And Community Bank of Nevada, which also failed on Friday, took a $781 million slice from the pie.
If that’s true, it means the FDIC insurance fund is technically bankrupt. But FDIC Chairman, Sheila Bair says it’s nothing to worry about. “The FDIC's guarantee is as certain as ever,” she says. “Our industry-funded reserves have covered all losses to date.”
Fuer diesen Fall soll es aber einen Backup Fund mit $100 Mrd geben. Das duerfte nochmal grob fuer wenige Hundert Banken reichen, allerdings nicht fuer tausende Banken, die im Zuge dieser Finanzkrise noch pleite gehen werden.
In May, Congress authorized the Treasury to set aside $100 billion as a “backup insurance” fund for the FDIC. And they’re going to need it. A Royal Bank of Canada report suggests that there will be “thousands” of bank failures in the U.S before this crisis is over.
http://www.howestreet.com/arti…ndex.php?article_id=10496