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Why Bank Money Is “Disappearing” | Patrick Perret-Green

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The Problem With Banks' Asset Bases

Banks swelled in size particularly silicon value bank i think they close to triple their their asset base uh and that should appear as a higher leverage ratio. They were buying all these assets agency mortgage back securities that had a risk weighting of 20 percent so it didn't appear in what they were reporting as much. Patrick: Bank regulators probably focused far too much on the credit quality and not enough on the interest rate risk  interest rate risk should have a higher weighting when it comes to measuring banks position, he says.

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