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发表于 2009-4-15 11:11 PM
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本帖最后由 zooie 于 2009-4-16 00:12 编辑
TARP is Bank's own capital (=equity)
Debt = What bank has borrowed from others
Asset = what banks bought with own and borrowed money
Government requires bank maintain a minimal equity / asset ratio (otherwise banks become a Ponzi scheme). As banks have lost a lot of money, their capital have decreased significantly. To maintain a healthy equity/asset ratio, the Government injected TARP money into the banks in the form of preferred stocks (equity, not debt). Now when the bank repays TARP, equity would be reduced, so they need to replace it with new equity (through equity offering, right offering etc), and issuing debt wouldn't work since it does not count as equity
听上去挺有道理!
不过不太懂tarp和其他debt的差别。为什么不能用1里所提到的方法repay tarp呀?
peachseed 发表于 2009-4-15 23:16  |
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