Wednesday, May 20, 2009
600 Banks Fail Stress Test
The Wall Street Journal has run its own version of the the Fed's stress test on 900 small and midsize institutions, and it claims they'll see losses of about $200 billion by the end of next year.
In such a scenario, at least 600 of the banks would see their capital levels shrink to a level that would be deemed unsafe by regulators.
The biggest culprit? You guessed it, commercial real estate, which could contribute about $100 billion in losses. Continued home loan losses is next, at about $49 billion.
TechTicker: 600 Banks Fail Stress Test
In such a scenario, at least 600 of the banks would see their capital levels shrink to a level that would be deemed unsafe by regulators.
The biggest culprit? You guessed it, commercial real estate, which could contribute about $100 billion in losses. Continued home loan losses is next, at about $49 billion.
WSJ: "They are in just much worse shape" than the big banks, says Terry McEvoy, an Oppenheimer & Co. analyst who reviewed the Journal's analysis. "There is a lot less earnings power at these banks."
The Fed this month estimated that the 19 stress-tested banks could face losses of $599 billion if the agency's gloomiest economic scenario comes true...
TechTicker: 600 Banks Fail Stress Test
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