Oct 1 2009

FDIC Insuring 8,200 Banks with $9 Trillion in Deposits and Zero in the Deposit Insurance Fund. Calling Banks to Prepay Assessment of $45 Billion.

The FDIC has greatly underestimated the problems of our nation’s banking system.  Earlier in the week the FDIC proposed that banks put up $45 billion to protect bank depositors.  The average American must be amazed that a system backing $9 trillion in deposits is essentially broke.  Clearly the FDIC has the backing of the U.S. […]

Sep 2 2009

FDIC Insured Institutions have $13.3 Trillion in Assets. 8,195 Banks and 116 Institutions Hold $10.2 Trillion of Those Assets. One out of Four Institutions Unprofitable. 1,000 Banks Will Fail or Merge.

The banking system has taken the country to the financial edge of the greatest recession since the depression.  The enormous number of bad loans floating out in the economy only complicates the unemployment situation.  When we look into the latest banking data, we realize that over 1,000 of current banks will fail or merge with […]

Aug 12 2009

Commercial Real Estate, Construction and Finance Employment: How Commercial Real Estate will drag the California Economy Deeper into Recession. 32 Percent of California Construction Jobs Gone.

California is heavily dependent on real estate.  That should be of little surprise to you but many have a hard time understanding how devastating the housing crash is to employment in various sectors.  California for 30 years relied on housing even though in many years, it was in a bubble.  That is why in 2009 […]

Aug 1 2009

FDIC Loan Report and Plan C: Nearly Half of the $7.7 trillion in Loans Outstanding at FDIC Insured Banks are in the form of Commercial Real Estate. USPS Contracting CRE Space. Drop in Restaurant Traffic.

The commercial real estate debacle is heating up.  Although the market is cheering the better than expected drop in second quarter GDP, much of the reason for a less than spectacular fall came from the “G” in the equation, government spending.  By the way, we revised Q1 GDP lower to -6.4 percent but not much […]

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