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Small banks in bailout pool under pressure
(Reuters) - More than 100 smaller banks were able to tap government programs to pay off bailout money they received during the financial crisis but those still owing face a perilous future, a federal watchdog said on Wednesday.
In its latest quarterly report to Congress, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, known as SIGTARP, noted that as of March 31 there were still 351 regional and community banks in the bailout program.
Banks had to agree to give the Treasury Department an ownership interest in the form of preferred stock and warrants to buy more stock as a condition of receiving bailout money. They have to buy the stock back to exit the program.
SIGTARP noted that 137 banks were able to refinance out of the bailout program by using money they received ...
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A slight weaker consumer confidence but better new home sales for the U.S…
Although this overall past period and present economical conjuncture showed enhancement in most of the superpower's sectors activities yet confidence lost some strength mainly as the present growth is not fast enough to reduce unemployment while that the weak housing sector showed better-than-projected data today.
In fact on one hand we watch the world's leading economy consumer confidence of this month, which as we know is released on a monthly basis and assesses consumers' sentiment regarding business conditions, employment and personal income, shed and plunge to 69.2; worse and lower than the prior reading of 70.2 and the market projections of 69.7.
This slight weakening of the confidence of Americans is mainly explained by the recent slow gradual growth expansion that is considered ...
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What to Expect in Tomorrow's UK Q1 GDP Data
What to Expect in Tomorrow's UK Q1 GDP Data
On the eve of the UK GDP release for the first quarter that will confirm whether or not the UK managed to avoid a technical recession, it is worth taking stock of the actual "strength" of the UK economy as move towards the middle of the year.
Overall, the biggest disappointment so far this year has been construction data, which may have contracted by approximately 10% in the first quarter. Construction is roughly 7% of UK GDP, so a contraction of this size could easily dent overall growth figures. Close behind comes industrial and manufacturing data. IP fell at a 2.3% annual rate in February and manufacturing data has declined four months out of the last five. Although the pick-up in PMI data suggests that things may have improved in March, the ...
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SunBirdFX Daily Market Analysis : 04/24/2012
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Wall Street stock exchanges closed with a negative note last night, locked in light of the shrinking economic activity at the Euro block, which weighed on the trading and the markets. Also influenced the markets were the ongoing European crisis, the Kellogg's cereal company's profit warning and a suspected bribery affair at Wal-Mart. All of these had an impact on yesterday's trading. The outlook on Europe's situation has been made clear with the release of the manufacturing and services activity report at the Euro block, which dropped sharply than expected in April. This is the third consecutive month in which it registered a decrease. Spain jumped on the government bond yield to over 6% in view of the decline of Spain that is going to recession. The yield on French ...
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Stocks, euro off as Europe growth fears flare
Global stocks and the euro slumped on Monday as a Dutch political impasse and disappointing euro zone data revived fears the region's debt crisis could keep much of Europe mired in recession through the year.
Shares of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, and its Mexican subsidiary Walmex sank on a report of bribery allegations.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tendered his government's resignation on Monday in a crisis over budget cuts, creating a political vacuum in a country that strongly backed an EU fiscal treaty and lectured Greece on getting its finances in order.
The political turmoil in the Netherlands - traditionally one of the euro zone's most stable members - added to uncertainties after Socialist challenger Francois Hollande led President Nicolas Sarkozy in the first ...
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Awash in money and piles of debt
The amount of money thrown at rescuing the world economy since the Great Recession began is truly staggering, probably more than $14 trillion, and the financial spigots are still open.
Industrialized and emerging nations pledged another $430 billion to boost the International Monetary Fund's lending power this weekend, doubling the size of its crisis-fighting war chest in case Europe's problems worsen and engulf more countries.
Three weeks earlier, European Union leaders set aside $1 trillion for Europe's bailout fund creating a firewall to prevent the euro zone's sovereign debt woes from spreading.
Major central banks haven't finished pumping money into the global economy either.
The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday and Wednesday and the Bank of Japan meets on Friday, and their bias ...
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Japanese Government Stands Ready to Intervene to Keep Yen Weak
The Japanese government continues to make it clear that it is ready to intervene in the currency markets in order to keep the yen weak against other currencies. Once again, as concerns about the global economy surface, and as risk aversion sets in, the Japanese yen is gaining strength. This state of affairs is undesirable, and Japanese policymakers insist they are ready to intervene to weaken the yen if need be.
Indeed, over the weekend Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi made it clear that the government is ready to intervene if necessary in order to keep the yen weak. A weaker yen gives Japan an edge in global trading. The Japanese government continues to try and stimulate the economy with the help of a weaker yen. In the past, Japanese leaders have intervened to keep the yen weak, and ...
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S&P warns on Indonesia policy moves, forgoes rating upgrade
(Reuters) - Indonesia's recent policy moves bode ill for Southeast Asia's largest economy, ratings agency Standard and Poor's warned on Monday, forgoing an expected upgrade in its credit rating to investment grade even as it lauded strong economic fundamentals.
Although S&P retained a positive outlook on its Indonesia rating and praised record first-quarter foreign direct investment figures released earlier in the day, it singled out policies in the key mining sector and failure to approve an immediate fuel price hike as negative developments.
"We feel that the policy environment has deteriorated because of this raft of recent measures or proposed measures, and the government's inability to push through what is really not subsidy reform, it is really a price adjustment and they couldn't ...
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Awash in money and piles of debt
(Reuters) - The amount of money thrown at rescuing the world economy since the Great Recession began is truly staggering, probably more than $14 trillion, and the financial spigots are still open.
Industrialized and emerging nations pledged another $430 billion to boost the International Monetary Fund's lending power this weekend, doubling the size of its crisis-fighting war chest in case Europe's problems worsen and engulf more countries.
Three weeks earlier, European Union leaders set aside $1 trillion for Europe's bailout fund creating a firewall to prevent the euro zone's sovereign debt woes from spreading.
Major central banks haven't finished pumping money into the global economy either.
The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday and Wednesday and the Bank of Japan meets on Friday, and ...
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