Relevant:
- Credit as Percentage of Banks' Balance Sheets Lowest in 40 Years
- Banks Buying Most Treasuries in Nine Months in Signal of Slowing Recovery
- More on the banking backdrop, they have never had so many loans
- Banks further reduce emergency borrowing from Fed
- Spanish and Italian Banks, Once More Buying Bonds, Seen as Vulnerable
2010-05-03 — bloomberg.com
"Banks are increasing purchases of U.S. government securities to pump up profits while lending to businesses languishes near the lowest levels since credit markets started to freeze almost three years ago."
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