Daily Archives: June 8, 2017

Banks still driving policy in Washington

Meanwhile away from the ‘Comey is a liar’ circus, bank lobbyists and politicians are pushing to further ease constraints on cross-selling and speculation in taxpayer-backed financial conglomerates, while a few sober souls are pleading for a desperately needed return to … Continue reading

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Singer: financial system today more levered and fragile than 2008

Billionaire investor Paul Singer said “distorted” monetary and regulatory policies have increased risks for investors almost a decade after the financial crisis. I am very concerned about where we are,” Singer said Wednesday at the Bloomberg Invest New York summit. … Continue reading

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China’s international realty flows slowing

Earth to ‘hot’ realty markets:  China’s international realty flows are slowing. In January China enacted new rules preventing its citizens from borrowing the foreign capital allowance of others, and further limiting the uses for which capital can be exchanged to … Continue reading

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