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Date: 2024-04-24 Page is: DBtxt003.php L0700-SI-BANKING-FINANCIAL-SERVICES
SECTOR / INDUSTRY
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
Money is a critical lubricant for the economy ... but it is neither the engine nor the fuel
SOME OF THE VERY BIG BANKS

HSBC

Barclays

CitiBank

JPMorganChase

Banco Santander

Deutsche Bank
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY / MONEY and LIQUIDITY
MONEY
US$ has has massive value loss over time
MONEY BASE
Monetary base has expanded since 2008
STOCKS UP
Stock market has been spectacular
MONEY DOWN
... but the buying power of the US$ is way down
WAGES FLAT
and wages flatlining while productivity grows.
GDP -v- GPI
While GDP is up, progress (GPI) is flat
  • The financial economy has grown robustly since the 1980s.
  • Profits, Stock Prices and GDP measure success. Society and the environment are ignored.
  • Amazing innovation has been deployed mainly to improve profit performance.
  • Huge corporate organizations have emerged with immense monopolistic power.
  • Concentration of economic power by individuals and has come at the expense of everyone else.
  • A lot of people are 'mad as hell' and don't intend to take it any more.

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ACCOUNTABILITY
ACTIVISM FOR BANKING SYSTEM REFORM
ALTERNATIVE CURRENCIES
BAD BEHAVIOR IN THE BANKING AND FINANCE SECTOR
BANKING ISSUES BY COUNTRY
BANKING ISSUES BY REGION
BANKING REFORM
BANKS and GAMING THE SYSTEM
BANKS and TAX AVOIDANCE
BANKS ... by name (alphabetical)
BANKING REGULATION
BANKING AND TAXATION
BASICS ABOUT MONEY
BASICS OF PERSONAL FINANCE
BIG BANKS ISSUE
BANK CRIMES
COMPLEX FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
DEBT
ECONOMIC SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION
MELTDOWN OF 2007 / 2008
NEW IDEAS FOR MONEY AND BANKING
PEOPLE / BANK CRITICS
PEOPLE / BANK LEADERSHIP
OVERVIEW OF ISSUES IN THE BANKING AND FINANCIAL SECTOR
PUBLIC FINANCE
REGULATION IN THE BANKING AND FINANCIAL SECTOR
SEGMENTS OF THE BANKING AND FINANCIAL SECTOR
RISK
WHAT IS ...

BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
A PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT ENABLES TRADE AND THE STORAGE OF VALUE
ORGANIZATIONS: Banks / E-Business / Big retail / Franchise chains / Small business
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SECTOR ISSUES GO TOP
Systemically Important Banks
Some are Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIB) and others are domestic (D-SIB). Regulators require these banks to submit emergency Resolution Plans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_systemically_important_banks
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ACCOUNTABILITY OF BANKS AND FINANCIAL ENTITIES

Holding banks accountable
Matt Taibbi on Judge Rakoff’s decision to reject the SEC’s latest settlement with Citigroup
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CAPITAL MARKET METRICS GO TOP
STOCK MARKET METRICS
The business media reports on movements in stock markets every 15 minutes ... there is nothing remotely like it for the performance of people, society or the environment
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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Dow from 1998 to 2016
An impressive increase in the index ... but what does it really mean?
In large part the profits of business increased while the wealth of society as a whole was diminishing.
This is the behavior that one must expect when the only management measure that is used everywhere is money profit performance for organizations, and money income and financial wealth for individuals.
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Dow from 1927 to 2017 adjusted for consumer prices (CPI)
The Dow index has increased by an impressive amount over the long term ... but it hardly represents any significant reality. There are only a very few large cap stocks and these are changed from time to time in a way that eliminates the failing companies. The S&P 500 is a singificantly more represeantative index.
The Dow ... We’re Already at Dow 30000, You Just Don’t Know It
The blue-chip index is a poor measure of what investors are doing
By JAMES MACKINTOSH Updated Jan. 25, 2017 2:06 p.m. ET
It’s time to ditch the Dow. After 120 years, the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average is an embarrassing anachronism, abandoned by professionals and beloved only by a media ...
'https://www.wsj.com/articles/were-already-at-dow-30000-you-just-dont-know-it-1485362316'
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The S&P Index from 1956 to 2017

THE FINANCING OF THE BANKING SECTOR
The financing of the banking sector is underwritten by the unusual arrangements that are Central Banks
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Central Bank asset growth from 2006 to 2016

'http://inflation.us/central-bank-balance-sheet-assets-hit-record-high/'
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THE FINANCING OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
The financing of international development assistance has been both rather modest and also quite ineffective. More and better are both needed.
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Segmentation of FDI fund flows
The financing of international development assistance has been both rather modest and also quite ineffective. More and better are both needed.
Remittances are one of the most important area of growth and likely one of the most efficient in terms of delivering poverty reduction at a low cost. It can also be noted that the banking sector and financial services industry charges very high prices for a service that is vital but low cost for the banks!

BANK LENDING BY SECTOR
Bank lending by sector is more about credit worthyness than impactfulness
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UK Bank Lending by Sector

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