{"id":5003,"date":"2012-07-31T15:27:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T19:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2012-07-31T15:27:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T19:27:36","slug":"ft-alphaville-negative-rates-as-a-precursor-to-the-death-of-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/31\/ft-alphaville-negative-rates-as-a-precursor-to-the-death-of-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"FT Alphaville \u00bb Negative rates as a precursor to the death of banking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Izabella Kaminska: The [European research] team at Morgan Stanley concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Banks earnings have already come under significant pressure from the flattening of the yield curve. Unless negative real rates came with a material steepening of the curves (not our rates colleagues\u2019 view), banks earnings would come under even greater pressure. In fact, the greatest risk our rates colleagues see would be for negative rates 2-3 years down the curve, in which case banks would need to re-price credit further. In our view, as banks\u2019 confidence in loan growth and margins fell, so would their confidence on their capital plans and so lending would remain weak. We see Japan\u2019s experience as good case study in this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/ftalphaville.ft.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/31\/1102191\/negative-rates-as-a-precursor-to-the-death-of-banking\/'>FT Alphaville \u00bb Negative rates as a precursor to the death of banking<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Izabella Kaminska: The [European research] team at Morgan Stanley concludes: Banks earnings have already come under significant pressure from the flattening of the yield curve. Unless negative real rates came with a material steepening of the curves (not our rates colleagues\u2019 view), banks earnings would come under even greater pressure. 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