Is the banking sector facing a liquidity crisis?

Is the banking sector facing a liquidity crisis?

Just six months ago, the banking sector was facing problems over surplus liquidity. A number of banks had to stop taking deposits to reduce the burden of extra liquidity which stood at around TK1.25 lakh crore. The problem was exacerbated by the fact that investors did not see attractive growth for
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SBI hikes bulk deposit rates second time in two months; will lending rate cut follow?

Mumbai: In the second such revision in as many months, the nation's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Tuesday hiked interest on bulk deposits of over Rs 1 crore by up to 140 basis points. The bank had last raised deposit rates, revisions on which generally precede similar moves on the lending
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Share Performance Check on iShares FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 (FTY): Move -4.68%

Shares of iShares FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 (FTY) have a 7-day moving average of 47.62. Moving averages can help spot trends and price reversals. They may also be used to help find support or resistance levels. Moving averages are considered to be lagging indicators meaning that they confirm
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Tracker mortgage scandal interrupts banks' recovery story

In a country famed for its storytellers, there is a general appreciation that every good tale needs a few plot twists. Still, Ireland's bankers could have done without the latest storyline: a mortgage scandal that has once again undermined public trust and disrupted the narrative of recovery that lenders have
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Chile's Daniel Jadue Groundbreaking Bet: A People's Real Estate

The construction is part of the mayor's newly introduced People's Real Estate program which is enabling low-income residents a decent apartment at a reduced rental price which will never be higher than 25 percent of a person's salary. Each apartment will measure 55 square meters and include three
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Why Some States Are Using Beet Juice and Beer to 'Salt' Icy Roads

When it snows, most cities around the United States throw salt on the roads. According to News Herald, experts who think that road salt is starting to contaminate our waterways are turning to something a little less conventional to get the job done: beet juice, molasses, cheese waste, and beer.
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Tighter credit checks China housing market

017a3968-04ef-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5. 2:00 AM. Tighter credit checks China housing market Premium. By FT Confidential Research. FTCR China Real Estate Index falls again, although prices continue rising.
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Keurig is buying Dr Pepper Snapple

Keurig Green Mountain Inc. became a privately-held company in 2016 when it was acquired by Europe's JAB Holding Company in a partnership with snack company Mondelez International. JAB owns several other coffee brands, which Keurig Dr Pepper plans to tap into. It wants to expand bottled iced
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2018 outlook: No lifeline for the property market

Australia's housing market performance is likely to deliver quite a different result in 2018 relative to previous years as we see lower to negative growth rates across previously strong markets, more cautious buyers, and regulator vigilance around credit standards and investor-generated activity. While a
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Think you know what your house is worth? Think again

By contrast during and after the 2008 financial crisis Britain's mortgage lenders took a more tolerant approach to non-payers through the use of forbearance — a broad term for various informal remedies such as switching to an interest-only mortgage, reducing monthly payments, taking a payment
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James Nelson leaves Cushman & Wakefield to join Avison Young

He also produces the Nelson Report, a Real Estate Weekly video series featuring trends in the market and timely topics. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including being named one of New York's Top Brokers by Real Estate Forum, one of the Top 35 and Under New York
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Study: Alarming Number of Fortune 500 Credentials Found in Data Leaks

Data breaches are common in the news lately, but a recent study by credential monitoring firm Vericlouds focuses specifically on the credentials of Fortune 500 employees found in account leaks posted online. Using a corpus of 8 billion stolen credentials gathered over three years, the total number of
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Local legislators talk about what they're pitching in 35-day session

Those banks assign loans to federal finance agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Hansell explained, which require the banks to use an electronic system to file while prohibiting the banks from recording the loan assignments in the county records. Hansell said counties are suing the banks to recover
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US Says Russian Jet Flew Within 5 Feet of US Navy Plane

Washington (AP) — The United States is accusing Moscow of unsafe military practices after it says a Russian jet flew within five feet of a U.S. Navy plane over the Black Sea. The State Department says the incident occurred Monday when a Russian Su-27 jet crossed directly in front of the flight path of the
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Thomson Reuters in Talks With Blackstone to Sell Unit Stake

Any transaction deal would add to the $105 billion of private-equity deals targeting the media and technology industries over the past 12 months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The board of Thomson Reuters is expected to meet Tuesday to discuss the private equity firm's all-cash offer for the
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Buying beef brisket, or pork belly. Hell any othe

Buying beef brisket, or pork belly. Hell any other meat than kassler or beef chuck is almost a achi… – “/int/ – International” is 4chan's international board, for the exchange of foreign language and culture.
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Two more banks raise lending rates

PETALING JAYA: Bank Muamalat and Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd have joined the ranks of four other banks to raise their base and base financing rates by 0.25%. Bank Muamalat said it would increase base rate (BR) from 3.75% to 4.00 per annum and base financing rate (BFR) from 6.75% to 7.00% per
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Indonesia's Fintech Lending Boom Exploits Shortfall in Bank Loans

The emergence of these peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms has so far been welcomed by Indonesia's financial regulators which see them as offering a much needed service to cash-strapped businesses and consumers at a time when Southeast Asia's biggest economy has been hobbled by sluggish
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Real estate investor bullish on Soho retail potential

Kevin Chisholm, managing partner and co-founder of real estate private equity firm 60 Guilders, is bullish on Soho retail — no matter what anyone else says. “Soho is the only outdoor shopping area on the planet with a critical mass of 600-plus stores, with premier and mass-market stores right next to
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David Hargreaves tries to make sense of the various conflicting factors influencing the housing …

First, I'll tell you what this piece is NOT going to be. It is NOT going to attempt to do a crystal ball number with our housing market. Yours truly has attempted that on previous occasions and found himself looking at cracked glass. It is though worthwhile as 2018 starts to get into swing to assess some of the
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