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After all, Russian banks did not instill enough confidence to attract vast deposits, and they had neither the necessary information nor skills to lend sensibly.
As with all marine gas and oil deposits, the rights to the waters and the riches below are critical.
Increased uncertainty concerning the safety of
deposits
will push up interest rates and deepen Europe’s recession, and may also trigger capital outflows from the eurozone’s weaker peripheral economies to the core.
Today’s financial markets are dominated by non-bank institutions – investment banks, money market funds, hedge funds, mortgage lenders that do not accept deposits, so-called “structured investment vehicles,” and even states and local government investment funds – that have no direct or indirect access to the liquidity support of central banks.
There is a huge difference between potential
deposits
hidden somewhere in large shale formations and recoverable reserves that can actually be produced economically.
Maybe Europe will become a leader in “advanced fracking” when the shale-gas
deposits
in the US have already been exhausted.
In 2009, only five cents of every dollar of funding for many major banks came from equity; the rest was debt (deposits, overnight loans, and long-term loans).
In the United States, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) resolves institutions up to a certain size and insures
deposits
for all banks.
Indeed, there is no European deposit insurance fund that could sustain a run on
deposits
in Italy.
Similarly, Russia and the US need cooperation, not farcical rivalry, in developing new sea routes and possible energy
deposits
in the Arctic, and in interacting with China and other Asia-Pacific countries in joint development of the resource potential of Siberia and Russia’s Far East.
First, bank
deposits
must be protected.
But, if they are willing to make the necessary sacrifices, they could also remain: the EFSF would protect their domestic bank deposits, and the IMF would help to recapitalize their banking systems, which would help these countries escape from their current trap.
China’s investment appetite is unquestionably driven by huge intervention in the financial system: small savers receive only a paltry 1-2% on their
deposits
in an economy that until recently has been registering 10% annual growth.
In fact, Lehman was a small institution compared to the Austrian, French, and German banks that have become highly exposed to Russia’s financial system through the practice of using
deposits
from Russian companies and individuals to lend to Russian borrowers.
Delivery of financial services will be made more difficult and expensive everywhere, even though some countries’ banks are financed by stable long-term
deposits
rather than short-term interbank loans, with few toxic assets and local loans that are more than comfortably covered by local
deposits.
Discoveries of large mineral
deposits
and other opportunities have brought a chance to diversify investment beyond the dominant oil sectors of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Elsewhere, BHP Billiton announced the discovery of an estimated 60 million tons of manganese in southeastern Gabon, while France’s AREVA is drawing up plans to build a large mine in the Central African Republic to exploit uranium
deposits.
Indeed, some countries – including the United States – impose no taxes on interest from large bank
deposits
by non-resident aliens.
Governments not only needed to help by providing a combination of public assistance and new legislation guaranteeing deposits, but also were called on to shield their constituencies from destabilizing international influences.
Low interest rates on
deposits
and low lending rates for firms and developers mean that the household sector’s massive savings receive negative rates of return, while the real cost of borrowing for SOEs is also negative.
Greece is rapidly running out of money; its residents are withdrawing their
deposits
and have stopped paying their taxes and utility bills.
Once Greece goes, runs on bank
deposits
are likely to follow in Spain and Italy.
Concurrent with diminishing labor income, government-imposed ceilings on bank
deposits
– the primary savings vehicle for most households – have held down household capital income.
Part of the high cost of housing arises from an underdeveloped financial system, which makes housing one of the few alternatives to bank
deposits
as a store of value.
That led to the next step: Foreign firms wishing to invest in China were allowed to tap those
deposits
by issuing renminbi-denominated bonds, and eligible offshore financial institutions were permitted to invest renminbi funds in China’s interbank bond market.
It is only logical that banks with state-guaranteed
deposits
should be safe and boring, with other necessary, but risky activities hived off to separate companies.
In the UK, an Independent Commission on Banking, headed by Sir John Vickers, rejected separation of retail from investment banking, recommending instead “ring-fencing”
deposits
from the investment arms of universal banks.
Gold prices rise sharply only in two situations: when inflation is high and rising, gold becomes a hedge against inflation; and when there is a risk of a near depression and investors fear for the security of their bank deposits, gold becomes a safe haven.
The second price spike occurred when Lehman Brothers collapsed, leaving investors scared about the safety of their financial assets – including bank
deposits.
That scare was contained when the G-7 committed to increase guarantees of bank
deposits
and to backstop the financial system.
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