We want to trust in the financial stability of our bank. After all, most of us have money in these institutions.
In spite of our wishful thinking, the tide of bank failures has not stopped. And these failures are occurring well after the heart of the financial crisis — and even after some of these banks received bailouts.
LEE ADLERThe total, based on an analysis of third-quarter financial results by The Wall Street Journal, is up from 86 in the second quarter, reflecting eroding capital levels, a pileup of bad loans and warnings from regulators.
The 98 banks in shaky condition got more than $4.2 billion in infusions from the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.”
Wall Street Journal (12/26)
Seven of the 98 small banks mentioned have already failed.
In the U.S. so far this year, 157 banks have failed — that’s the highest number since 1992.
