Major banks are preparing for potentially huge losses because of mounting consumer and commercial debt, according to Business Insider, and the Financial Stability Board has cautioned that banks could still be vulnerable to the issues behind the bank failures of the last two years.
“There is a weak tail of banks that combines funding vulnerabilities and unrealized losses on their portfolio holdings, similar to what was observed for some of the banks that were involved in the March 2023 turmoil.”
—Financial Stability Board report, October 23, 2024
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Related headlines from around the web:
- MarketWatch: “There are still banks prone to the runs that brought down SVB and Credit Suisse, regulators warn”
- Business Insider: “Big banks are bracing for losses as Americans struggle to pay off debt”
- Bloomberg: “Gold Demand Tops $100 Billion as Western Investors Charge In”
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