Global banking regulators are turning their attention to how firms measure the riskiness of their assets amid criticism firms’ calculations are inconsistent
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The European debt crisis would pose a threat to U.S. money-market mutual funds if a rash of sovereign defaults caused big banks to fail to meet obligations within the next three months.
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European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said risk signals for financial stability in the euro area are flashing “red” as the debt crisis threatens to infect banks.
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China’s economy is at risk of a “hard landing” after 2013 as efforts to spur growth through investment cause excess capacity, said Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the financial crisis.
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The risk of owning U.S. government debt is as great as any time since the 1950s with yields at the year’s lows and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner locking in borrowing costs by selling longer-term securities.
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The biggest threat to containing inflation may be the shift away from homeownership, which is pushing up leases across the nation’s 38 million rentals
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The biggest threat to containing inflation may be the shift away from homeownership, which is pushing up leases across the nation’s 38 million rentals
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the European sovereign-debt crisis has surpassed rising oil prices to become the biggest risk to the economic outlook in the U.S.
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