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Banks are Hung Over Like Drunken Sailors after Credit Binge

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Financing.Org has a short piece covering President Obama’s remarks this weekend. In his remarks, the president makes it clear that he’s pushing banks to use a significant portion of the government’s bailout money to open up consumer and business lending. But the portion of his remarks that I found most telling was his acknowledgement that many banks were effectively insolvent and were unlikely to survive when they are compelled to truly recognize the lost values in their loan portfolios.

Here are the quotes:

Obama said today that the U.S. is suffering from a “massive hangover” from years of risk-taking and that some banks remain “very vulnerable.” In an interview on NBC’s Today show, he said it’s likely some banks haven’t fully disclosed their losses.

“They’re going to have to write down those losses, and some banks won’t make it,” he said. Referring to the administration’s plan for the financial industry, he said “I do have confidence we’re going to get it right but it’s not going to be overnight.”

Here’s how Bloomberg reported the story:


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