High bank reserve requirements of as much as 20% for timed deposits and 12% for current accounts keep banks from lending out too much money.
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The combination of still-high bank charges and shrinking loans suggests the problem lies with the supply of credit not demand for it, says Kevin Daly at Goldman Sachs.
Meanwhile, Lloyd's TSB Group , a British High Street bank, yields more than 8% and also costs ten times its earnings.
Mr Painter said the developers had an offer of funding from a high street bank in 2007 which was withdrawn because of the recession.
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Technically it's not a high street bank, but a link between people who want to invest their savings and people who need a loan.
When the organisation fell into financial difficulties, a High Street bank, a social enterprise investor and another charity all considered providing aid but the organisation's Work Programme contract discouraged any of them from investing.
Consumer groups, and BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme have revealed how some High Street bank customers were being denied this right, and the Financial Ombudsman Service said it had seen a steady stream of complaints about CPAs.
Switzerland's other major bank, Credit Suisse - with over a trillion dollars in total assets and another trillion in clients' money - remains under investigation by the US authorities, as does another high profile bank, Julius Baer, which is about a fifth of the size of Credit Suisse, as well as 11 other mainly local, cantonal banks.
If you think these currencies won't drop further, find a bank or broker who can buy local treasury bills or high- quality bank deposits.
The service is reasonably priced for most users and free for high net worth bank clients.
Many say we have plenty of money out there and dangerously high levels of bank reserves.
Together with our law enforcement partners, we remain committed to stopping these alleged high-tech bank robbers in their tracks.
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The need for float is rapidly becoming obsolete, and it is high time individual bank customers benefited from the interest.
Also boasting high productivity, Bank Internasional Indonesia (No. 245), which has to make the most of its relatively small headcount - 5, 800 - spread among 170 branches.
The uncertainty of a stock sale in this environment, where the markets are volatile and investors are skittish about taking on risk, is one reason why expectations were high of a bank-led buyout.
Britain's Inland Revenue last year won a landmark case obliging Barclays, a British high-street bank, to hand over the bank details of hundreds of thousands of offshore accounts held by British residents.
We note low inventories, low real interest rates, rational consumer resilience, high levels of bank cash (since the write-downs are generally non-cash accounting entries), small business flexibility and reasonable output gains apart from housing, autos and finance.
Housing inventories are at the lowest level since 1963, corporate profits are at an all time high, cash in the bank is at an all time high, announced stock buybacks are at an all time high, consumer spending is at an all time high, household obligations are the lowest since 1993.
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The next event on the horizon for the yen is the Bank of Japan's April policy meeting, where expectations are high that the central bank's new leadership team will implement more aggressive monetary policy.
Meanwhile, the Consumer Council has advised Ulster Bank customers not to use high interest loan companies to borrow money while the bank clears its backlog.
The internet bust led it to shut down Robertson Stephens, its high-tech investment bank.
If we used a bank of high-powered lasers, we could beam a high-bandwidth message across the cosmos.
Though Buffett requires a high ROA at a bank, he also insists that it be achieved conservatively.
Moreover, Argentina was in the throes of recession, experiencing investor flight, high unemployment and a bank liquidity crisis.
The costs associated with Moody's downgrades could be high, according to bank regulatory filings and people familiar with the matter.
In a BBC interview on February 8th, Mr Hester mounted a valiant defence of high pay in his bank and elsewhere.
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The judge himself has noted that minutes already in the court's possession "showed some debate at a fairly high level in the bank".
With the growth outlook for the UK economy becoming somewhat more troubling even with persistently high inflation, the Bank may have to take action.
Julius Baer runs a private bank for high net worth individuals and an asset management business, which apart from Julius Baer Americas includes alternative investment provider GAM.
"But Libor still remains high relative to the Bank rate and any improvement in credit market conditions will take time to feed through into the mortgage market, " he added.
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