{"id":7960,"date":"2013-06-30T20:31:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T00:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=7960"},"modified":"2013-06-30T20:31:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T00:31:05","slug":"lurking-beneath-australias-aaa-economy-on-line-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/30\/lurking-beneath-australias-aaa-economy-on-line-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lurking beneath Australia&#8217;s AAA economy&#8230; | On Line Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kellie Tranter highlights the unstable position of the big Australian banks:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Australia has had a current account deficit since the 1980s. That means we are spending more than we are earning. We&#8217;ve had to sell public assets to balance the current account deficit. Put simply, the surplus on the capital account is flogging off the sideboard to buy the fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Our net international financial position is not strong and our gross foreign liabilities are alarming. Banks are the intermediaries between foreign lenders and Australia&#8217;s big spenders. The banks have mediated the private household debt and as a result if there is a worldwide recession, banks could be called to pay up.<\/p>\n<p>Our banks have borrowed short (internationally) and lent long (domestically, for mortgages etc.)&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I have been sounding off about the inadequate capital reserves of the big four banks &#8212; because of low risk-weightings attached to residential mortgages &#8212; but Kellie also raises the question of their $13.8 trillion derivatives exposure. She concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If the banks are hunky dory why is it necessary [for the RBA] to set up a $380 billion emergency fund and, more importantly, is it enough in light of possible derivatives exposure?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href='http:\/\/www.onlineopinion.com.au\/view.asp?article=15162'>Lurking beneath Australia&#039;s AAA economy&#8230; &#8211; On Line Opinion &#8211; 25\/6\/2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kellie Tranter highlights the unstable position of the big Australian banks: Australia has had a current account deficit since the 1980s. That means we are spending more than we are earning. We&#8217;ve had to sell public assets to balance the current account deficit. Put simply, the surplus on the capital account is flogging off the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/30\/lurking-beneath-australias-aaa-economy-on-line-opinion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lurking beneath Australia&#8217;s AAA economy&#8230; | On Line Opinion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,31],"tags":[348,349,1007],"class_list":["post-7960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-nz-countries-regions","category-the-fed-banks-interest-rates","tag-bank-capital-ratios","tag-bank-capital-requirements","tag-derivatives-exposure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lurking beneath Australia&#039;s AAA economy... | On Line Opinion - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lurking beneath Australia&#039;s AAA economy... | On Line Opinion - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kellie Tranter highlights the unstable position of the big Australian banks: Australia has had a current account deficit since the 1980s. 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