The northern banks deposit their excess cash there rather than lend in the interbank market.
So, the ECB will lend in order to keep Greece, and itself, in business.
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It would disrupt markets too, lowering incentives to lend in money markets, making it a less than attractive tool.
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Expectations are that these countries will likely provide help through the International Monetary Fund, of which they are all members and have money to lend in the form of IMF Special Drawing Rights.
And it is to ask the question whether the global financial system, and the economies of developed countries like Britain, would be in such dire straights if banks had been subject to a simple leverage ceiling, limiting how much banks could lend in total, irrespective of the nature of their loans, as a multiple of their capital.
However, this pattern appears also to have resulted from the fact that some large lenders in the federal-funds market, notably government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are ineligible to receive interest on balances held at the Fed, and thus they have an incentive to lend in that market at rates below what the Fed pays banks.
JPMorgan Chase that have to lend more in order to grow interest income, but need to be wary of easing standards given the regulatory landscape.
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Banks generally will not lend funds in the money market at an interest rate lower than the rate they can earn risk-free at the Federal Reserve.
Investors are hoping that a recent decision by central banks of the United States, the euro zone and Britain to lend billions in multiweek loans will boost activity in the global debt markets.
Third, we will act with the full force of the federal government to ensure that the major banks that Americans depend on have enough confidence and enough money to lend even in more difficult times.
The Chinese bank plans to do more securitization deals in the U.S., as selling off the loans as securities will enable the bank to free up capital to lend more in the U.S. Its goal this year is to originate loans intended for an additional two to three such deals, a person with knowledge of the bank said.
At issue is what is known on Wall Street as securities lending, a practice in which mutual funds and ETFs pay agents to help them lend out shares in their portfolios to Wall Street traders and earn interest.
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Instead, the funds will be allowed to deposit some gold with banks who in turn can lend it to jewelers, which in theory should reduce imports for a time.
Thanks to their thrifty customers, banks typically have excellent funding, gathering more in deposits than they lend out, unlike banks in rich debtor countries that rely on fickle international borrowing markets.
When the researchers examined this data, which is normally secret, they discovered that a bank represented on a board in one year tended to lend more to other companies in the same industry the next.
Borrow at 1% and lend out at in this case 5 or 6 or even 7%.
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The cash shortfall means Russia will have to turn to banks to lend them money in order to pay government obligations like salaries and benefits.
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Sure, Romney will want a running mate who balances his weaknesses with conservatives and maybe can lend a hand in a key state or two.
The group is thriving now because they are able to borrow at low rates and lend, typically in the form of mezzanine and term loans, at higher rates.
Often only the mafia have enough cash to lend to companies in trouble and Nino Daniele, who runs an anti-mafia campaign group in Naples, says the situation is explosive.
That doesn't mean booms and busts can be avoided: we're still likely to be prone to lend too much in the good times and too little when the outlook is darker.
The Fed has made sure that there is plenty of money to lend, but in the process may have reduced the confidence that borrows need to take risks, borrow, spend and expand.
The swap facilities have allowed these central banks to acquire dollars from the Federal Reserve to lend to banks in their jurisdictions, which has served to ease conditions in dollar funding markets globally.
With the Santiago business traveler in mind, CNN asked Lonely Planet's Bridget Gleeson, co- author of Lonely Planet Chile and Easter Island Travel Guide, to lend her expertise in selecting the city's best spots.
Just as the Fed insisted on more oversight of investment banks when it agreed to lend to them in March, it will now have the authority to inspect the books of AIG any time it chooses.
One particular demo that we saw involved the swarm bots playing a projected piano of sorts to perform a short snippet of Beethoven's "Fur Elise" -- internal cameras, special "hats" and cameras mounted around the room lend a hand in carrying out the assigned duties.
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Their mistake was to invest in Greek government bonds and lend recklessly through their branch networks in Greece.
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