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I made millions out of the last debt crisis. Now the wealthy stand to win again | Gary Stevenson

TheGuardian

We urgently need a fairer tax system so that rich people like me help solve the fallout from coronavirus, not just profit from it • Gary Stevenson is an economist and former interest rate trader Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage I made my first million the year Greece went under. I was 24 years old at the time.

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America’s Expanding Debt Footprint (And What It Really Means)

PYMNTS

And not just one branch of underwriting — for a short while there, it seemed like all of it had hit Game Over status — with consumers; SMB and even enterprise-level lending slowed to a near stop. By quite a lot, American household debt is currently on pace to be $1 trillion above the peak debt level of 2008 by the end of this month.

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Collections Predictions 2021: After the Debt Tsunami, the Flood

FICO

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? They can optimize the use of their capital and who they lend to.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

You've been conservative, preferring the stability and security of bank deposits versus the gyrations of the market. Then, boom, the 2008 financial crisis. Sure, your home value declined, but what does that mean to someone with little to no mortgage and isn't in the market to sell? Taxes go down? Your money grew.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

After a lengthy stretch of strong economic growth and stock market gains, the inevitable correction arrived with force in the fourth quarter, culminating with a December that can only be described as “tres terrible!” Back in 2008, the LHC started up with a bang and led to all kinds of new physics particle knowledge.

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Covid-19 briefing: post-lockdown macro

BankUnderground

This view is in line with Stiglitz (2015) , who argued that reliance on flow-based models, without a role for credit, actually contributed to the 2008 crisis, and to the initially inadequate response in its aftermath. Bordignon and Tabellini (2020) argue that the ERF should be endowed with genuinely own EU sources of tax revenue.

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How to Get Small Business Capital in a Tight Market

NCR

In the following Q&A, Pango Financial CEO William Keenan offers insights on the cyclical nature of the lending market and advice for small business owners just starting out. Lending cycles track with economic cycles. The big shock was really the meltdown in 2008. Q: Are there better ways to get funding in this market?

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