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Former Fed Governor Thomas Hoenig Says US Banks Undercapitalized;

• MIKE SHEDLOCK

In another round of "stress" tests last month, the Fed said Big Banks Pass Muster.

Anyone who has been following stress tests in US or Europe knows full well, the tests were in reality "stress free".

Confirmation of the undercapitalized state of US banks comes from former Fed Governor Thomas Hoenig. He served as chief executive of the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank, in Kansas City, for 20 years. Rules limit terms to 20 years. Hoenig is now vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Undercapitalized, Unsafe, and Unsound 

Hoenig's opinion should carry some weight. And a New York Times Editorial citing Hoenig sounded an alarm today regarding Unsafe and Unsound Banks
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/04/former-fed-governor-thomas-hoenig-says.html#F85yrfQrlQq3PeWD.99


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