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| Bloomberg.com: Worldwide Paulson, Bernanke Put Aiding Banks Ahead of Best Taxpayer Deal By Rebecca Christie and Jody Shenn Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled that their priority is shoring up the nation's banks even if it means they don't get taxpayers the cheapest prices for the devalued assets the government buys. Bernanke told lawmakers yesterday the government won't pay ``fire-sale prices'' for the mainly mortgage-related securities Paulson aims to buy in a proposed $700 billion rescue. Instead, officials want to set a long-term value on assets, intending to hold them until they mature or markets improve. Insisting on paying higher prices may increase complaints from legislators, who will pepper Bernanke and Paulson with questions in a second day of hearings today, that the government is bailing out Wall Street at the expense of Main Street. At the same time, setting values too low may roil financial markets further and tip the economy into a deep recession. ``If the prices are too low, nothing will happen; if the prices are too high, you're going to end up with horrible losses for the taxpayer,'' said L. William Seidman, a former chairman of the Resolution Trust Corp., the agency that liquidated failed thrifts after the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980s. ``I'm equally concerned in both directions.'' Three days after the first draft of the plan was released, Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee yesterday that policy makers still don't know the ``best design'' for executing it. The Fed chief testifies on the economic outlook from 10 a.m. at the congressional Joint Economic Committee, then appears at 2:30 p.m. with Paulson at the House Financial Services Committee. Economy Warning The government can help restore liquidity to the banking system by buying depreciated assets at ``a price close to the hold-to-maturity price,'' rather than the price they would fetch in the market today, Bernanke said. He also warned the economy will contract ``if the credit markets are not ********ing.'' Seidman, who also served as Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman, said a 1990s attempt by Japan to halt that nation's banking crisis failed because the government offered prices that would have drained companies' capital. Paulson said the plan needs to be large, have few restrictions and leave open what the government would buy in order to have the biggest impact on stabilizing markets. Lawmakers balked at accepting Paulson's terms. ``I agree we need to act'' but ``I am not going to be stampeded into rubber-stamping this proposal,'' Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey said at yesterday's hearing. Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate banking panel, told reporters Paulson understood his plan wouldn't speed through Congress. Democrats to Gather House and Senate Democratic staff plan to gather tomorrow to work out a counter-proposal to Paulson's presentation. Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, who chairs the Joint Economic Committee, suggested an initial investment of $150 billion, rather than approving Paulson's full $700 billion. Lawmakers yesterday also questioned Paulson and Bernanke on how the government would make the purchases. The Treasury chief said the fund would probably start with ``something simple like mortgage-backed securities'' and a ``smaller'' amount. The Treasury plan would use ``market mechanisms'' to set prices as fairly and accurately as possible, Paulson said, in part through consulting with outside experts. One option is a reverse auction system, where the government would accept the lowest price offered by banks selling a type of asset. `Biggest Problem' ``Right now, our biggest problem in this industry is that no one really knows what anything is worth,'' said Tim Ryan, head of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and former director of the Office of Thrift Supervision. ``People don't sell assets because they think the price is significantly different than they have it marked, or they just don't know what the price is.'' The Treasury would almost certainly pay more than ``bottom feeders,'' who right now represent the only market for many kinds of mortgage assets, said Alfred DelliBovi, president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, who served on the RTC's five-member oversight board. The prices the government pays may end up better reflecting some assets' underlying values, because most borrowers are still paying their loans on time, he said. With mortgage-bond prices at record lows amid the credit crisis, yields on the securities have risen to between 15 percent and 25 percent, according to Merrill Lynch & Co. That leaves room for taxpayers to make a profit buying the bonds, even at higher prices. Lawmakers insisted on strict oversight of the fund, a sentiment echoed by Seidman and DelliBovi. Scrutiny will need to extend to when the Treasury eventually sells off any assets, DelliBovi added. ``All of the crooks on Wall Street are still alive; they haven't all been shot,'' he said. ``They'll probably go into new businesses and try to pick up assets and you'll have to worry about that.'' To contact the reporter on this story: Rebecca Christie in Washington at Rchristie4@bloomberg.net; Jody Shenn in New York at jshenn@bloomberg.net. Last Updated: September 24, 2008 00:00 EDT |
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| El plan es " dadme la pasta que yo controlo " (Paulson dixit) |
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| Una actitud impropia de EEUU, que no saldrá en el Congreso tal y como está planteado. Ademas no tienen ningun apoyo popular, solo un 7% aprueba ese plan tal y como lo hicieron. Además de rescate debe ir acompañado de reformas regulatorias en torno al mercado inmobiliario y sistema financiero. |
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Una actitud impropia de EEUU, que no saldrá en el Congreso tal y como está planteado. Ademas no tienen ningun apoyo popular, solo un 7% aprueba ese plan tal y como lo hicieron. A no ser que el plan en realidad sea largarse con la pasta por la puerta grande a la luz del día. Lo cual es una opción bastante más que posible, conociendo el gobierno Bush y a los americanos.
__________________ "Todo queda atado, y bien atado.", Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), genocida. |
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| Análisis de Cárpatos y su equipo en Serenity Markets Atención a este dato. Los credit default swaps para asegurar el riesgo de quiebra contra una cartera de 10 millones de dólares en notas del tesoro a 10 años sube a 29.200 dólares anuales. Y ustedes pueden decir, pues es bien poco, y es cierto, pero es importante que sepamos que nunca en la historia había estado tan alto. Es un nuevo récord, y mucho me temo que lo veremos subir bastante más. Es la reacción de las manos fuertes a las deudas asumidas. ¿Podría perder la triple A? No se puede descartar, aunque las compañías de rating ya sabemos como se han movido en los últimos tiempos...cada uno que saque sus conclusiones. |
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| Artículo del New York Times dando ideas. EL MODELO SUECO (1992-1993) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/bu...=1&oref=slogin Un sistema bancario en crisis tras el colapso de una burbuja inmobiliaria. Una economía hemorragia puestos de trabajo. Un mercado orientado a los gobiernos que luchan para frenar el pánico. ¿Suena familiar?
__________________ Y ahora a esperar al amanecer."Tu capital está enladrillado ¿quien te lo desenladrillará? el desenladrillador que te lo desenladrille buen desenladrillador será" Última edición por Asdrúbal el Bello; 24-sep-2008 a las 13:06 |
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| Nigerian E-mail scam? Nope Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you. I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transaction is 100% safe. This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred. Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds. Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury Henry Paulson Nigerian E-mail scam? Nope. It's the Paulson bailout. Seriously. | L.A. Land | Los Angeles Times
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| jeje, los nigerianos esos en España están en el trullo no? Pasará algun dia lo mismo?
__________________ ojito con las inmobiliarios ultimas tablas de cajas actualizadas 2006: First, they ignore you (phase 1) 2007: Then, they laugh at you (phase 2) 200 Then, they fight you (phase 3)2009: Then, you win (phase 4) 2010: Now, capitulación |
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| Es muy graciosa como la han hecho. El típico inglés chungillo de ellos.
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