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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:31 PM Original message |
"...spreads between the Treasury rates and lending rates are widening.." |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. cuz the banks need the extra spread to cover their losses in the |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That makes sense. Thanks. nt |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. The banks did this in the early 1990s, after the S&L mess... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Spread Was Cut to the Bone a Couple of Years Ago |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I can see how they'd want to discourage borrowing. Also makes sense. Thanks. n/t |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's Partly a Gague of the Mood of the Finance Industry |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. the spread |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Risk perception is the BS excuse for getting lots more money for nothing... |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It is risk perception |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. correct |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You don't actually expect very many DU'rs will "study the bond and loan markets" do you? |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. my own |
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