The FDIC lists 416 banks with $299.8 billion in assets as “problem” banks in Q2, up from 305 banks with $220.0 billion in assets in Q1, and 252 and $159.4 billion in assets in Q4 2008.
The DIF’s reserve ratio was 0.22 percent on June 30, 2009, down from 0.27 percent at March 31, 2009, and 1.01 percent one year ago. The June figure is the lowest reserve ratio for the combined bank and thrift insurance fund since March 31, 1993, when the reserve ratio was 0.06 percent.
See the report here: FDIC Report
Harry Jaffa and the War Between the States
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What were Abraham Lincoln’s views on racial matters of the day? In today’s
Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes a critical look at Harry Jaffa’s
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