US Banks Insolvent

Well, this certainly does simplify things doesn't it? The sooner we internalize the fact that our whole banking system, the sooner we come to the obvious conclusion: Jubilee! We can either do this the easy way (Jubilee) or the hard way (deflationary depression).

Roubini: US Banking System Insolvent, Another $2.5 Trillion Of Losses Coming
Henry Blodget | Jan 20, 09 10:05 AM
A couple of years ago, when Nouriel Roubini predicted that US financial-system losses would total $1 trillion, everyone thought he was insane. He has since revised his estimate. Now he's looking for $3.6 trillion:

Bloomberg: U.S. financial losses from the credit crisis may reach $3.6 trillion, suggesting the banking system is “effectively insolvent,” said New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini, who predicted last year’s economic crisis.

“I’ve found that credit losses could peak at a level of $3.6 trillion for U.S. institutions, half of them by banks and broker dealers,” Roubini said at a conference in Dubai today. “If that’s true, it means the U.S. banking system is effectively insolvent because it starts with a capital of $1.4 trillion. This is a systemic banking crisis.”

Losses and writedowns at financial companies worldwide have risen to more than $1 trillion since the U.S. subprime mortgage market collapsed in 2007, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

President Barack Obama will have to use as much as $1 trillion of public funds to shore up the capitalization of the banking sector, following the $350 billion injection by the Bush administration, Roubini told Bloomberg News. Congress last year approved a $700 billion rescue fund, of which half remains to be disbursed.