In the wake of three bank failures last spring, and as the commercial real estate bust continues to unfold, federal bank regulators are pressing small and regional banks to add to their liquidity, Bloomberg reported.
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U.S FACING A REAL ESTATE “DOOM LOOP
From 2015 into 2022, small and regional banks nearly doubled the value of their loans against commercial real estate, amassing portfolios totaling about $2.2 trillion, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal. Those banks hold more than 60 percent of all commercial property loans in the U.S. Banks with less than $250 billion in......
U.S. HOME PRICES ON THE RISE
In May, home prices fell in their steepest monthly drop since 2012, as we reported in “U.S. Home Prices Fall By Most Since 2012” (27 Jun 2023), U.S. home prices began rising again.
U.S. JOB MARKET “AT AN IDEAL CRUISING ALTITUDE,” ANALYSTS SAY
With 187,000 new jobs in August, the U.S. labor market is in a sweet spot, economists say.
AS INFLATION SLOWS, PROFITS FALL TOO
After-tax corporate profits in this year’s second quarter were 9.4 percent below those of a year earlier, the U.S. Commerce Department reported in late August, although companies listed in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index showed only a 2.9-percent decline in earnings per share, data service Refinitiv said.
NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ITS WAR ON PALESTINIANS
As protests continue in Israel in opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform package, his government is continuing to carry out attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
CNN BACK TO SELLING COVID FEAR, WARNS MASKS COULD BE LOOMING
Just when you thought you could breathe easy, the mainstream media whores are selling COVID-19 fears in hopes to drive up viewership as the U.S. enters the fall months.
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THOSE MASKS AND GET A GOOD WHIFF OF TOXINS
In the latest blow to the face-mask-wearing cabal, a newly released study suggests that these ubiquitous face coverings could expose wearers to an unsafe level of toxins.
GERMAN BROADCASTER FIGHTS TO KEEP MAKING COUNTRY FAT
Thomas Rabe, the head of RTL Group, Germany’s largest private broadcaster, has clashed with the government over its move to strictly limit junk-food advertising during programming that usually attracts a lot of children viewers.
U.S. EXPERIENCING ‘CRISIS OF EARLY DEATH’
The U.S. is losing more than a million young and working-age adults compared to other high-income countries, which researchers said is “unprecedented in modern times.”









