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Thursday, June 9, 2016
Don Quijones — Next Banking Scandal Explodes in Spain
That Wolf Street article deals with the fact that Spanish banks are employing a trick used by Barclays Bank a few years ago, namely creating money out of thin air and lending to people on condition they buy shares in the relevant bank.
I argued yesterday on my blog that there was nothing wrong with that. But having slept on the problem, I now think that fake bank capital is not acceptable. See respectively:
That Wolf Street article deals with the fact that Spanish banks are employing a trick used by Barclays Bank a few years ago, namely creating money out of thin air and lending to people on condition they buy shares in the relevant bank.
ReplyDeleteI argued yesterday on my blog that there was nothing wrong with that. But having slept on the problem, I now think that fake bank capital is not acceptable. See respectively:
http://ralphanomics.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/does-barclays-style-fake-bank-capital.html
http://ralphanomics.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/spanish-banks-fake-capital.html