The Federal Reserve releases data on the assets and liabilities of commercial banks every Friday. The most current figures, covering the first full week of 2013, show the largest one-week withdrawals since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Even when seasonally adjusted, the level drops to $52.8 billion—still the third-highest amount on record, and one for which bank experts and analysts were reluctant to give a definitive explanation.
Hint…this is NOT april fools…
How much cash was withdrawn after seeing the JPM Whale spectacle last month or Cyprus? If people have continued to withdraw at an accelerated rate for the other 12 weeks this year...Jamie DEMON, Lloyd BlankFIEND and BEN are going to have some difficulty with their portfolio’s...
Of course the Federal Reserve does not want to talk about this…this is called a cash shortage and loss of confidence in "Three Card Monte" qualifying as banking, QE qualifying as capitalism/employment enhancement and a "sanitation services" guy with a degree running the charade…
I wonder just how much money was withdrawn, also likely for "some unknown reason" from Banco Santander, Unicredit, Society General, Dexia or “Three Card Monte" de Peschi in Italy…I am guessing we will find out soon…Apparently, depositors don’t really like leverage hungry derivatives junkies with a regulator who will not think twice about running roughshod over them…these institutions might need to start coming up with some redundancy plans soon…
Here is a list of the top 50 banks that need to be watched…and closely:
| Rank | Bank | Country | Total Assets, US$b * | Balance Sheet |
| 1 | Deutsche Bank | Germany | 2,809.89 | 30/09/2012 |
| 2 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Japan | 2,803.42 | 30/09/2012 |
| 3 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China | China | 2,763.59 | 30/09/2012 |
| 4 | HSBC Holdings | UK | 2,721.06 | 30/09/2012 |
| 5 | Barclays PLC | UK | 2,584.30 | 30/09/2012 |
| 6 | BNP Paribas | France | 2,562.99 | 30/09/2012 |
| 7 | Japan Post Bank | Japan | 2,513.21 | 30/09/2012 |
| 8 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | USA | 2,321.28 | 30/09/2012 |
| 9 | Credit Agricole SA | France | 2,317.12 | 30/06/2012 |
| 10 | Royal Bank of Scotland Group | UK | 2,225.14 | 30/09/2012 |
| 11 | Bank of America | USA | 2,168.02 | 30/09/2012 |
| 12 | Mizuho Financial Group | Japan | 2,123.32 | 30/09/2012 |
| 13 | China Construction Bank Corporation | China | 2,115.35 | 30/09/2012 |
| 14 | Agricultural Bank of China | China | 2,078.03 | 30/09/2012 |
| 15 | Bank of China | China | 2,027.41 | 30/09/2012 |
| 16 | Citigroup Inc | USA | 1,931.35 | 30/09/2012 |
| 17 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | Japan | 1,788.23 | 30/09/2012 |
| 18 | Banco Santander | Spain | 1,672.11 | 30/09/2012 |
| 19 | Societe Generale | France | 1,647.51 | 30/09/2012 |
| 20 | ING Group | Netherlands | 1,604.57 | 30/09/2012 |
| 21 | Groupe BPCE | France | 1,531.08 | 30/09/2012 |
| 22 | Lloyds Banking Group | UK | 1,529.12 | 30/09/2012 |
| 23 | UBS | Switzerland | 1,456.45 | 30/09/2012 |
| 24 | Wells Fargo | USA | 1,374.72 | 30/09/2012 |
| 25 | UniCredit S.p.A. | Italy | 1,245.95 | 30/09/2012 |
| 26 | Credit Suisse Group | Switzerland | 1,088.60 | 30/09/2012 |
| 27 | China Development Bank | China | 994.685 | 31/12/2011 |
| 28 | Rabobank Group | Netherlands | 991.075 | 30/06/2012 |
| 29 | Norinchukin Bank | Japan | 949.667 | 30/09/2012 |
| 30 | Goldman Sachs | USA | 949.475 | 30/09/2012 |
| 31 | Nordea Bank | Sweden | 914.056 | 30/09/2012 |
| 32 | Commerzbank | Germany | 868.510 | 30/09/2012 |
| 33 | Intesa Sanpaolo | Italy | 859.643 | 30/09/2012 |
| 34 | Royal Bank of Canada | Canada | 838.216 | 31/07/2012 |
| 35 | BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) | Spain | 829.794 | 30/09/2012 |
| 36 | Bank of Communications | China | 823.033 | 30/09/2012 |
| 37 | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Canada | 819.802 | 31/07/2012 |
| 38 | National Australia Bank | Australia | 791.899 | 30/09/2012 |
| 39 | Morgan Stanley | USA | 764.985 | 30/09/2012 |
| 40 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | Australia | 745.345 | 30/06/2012 |
| 41 | Natixis | France | 721.933 | 30/06/2012 |
| 42 | Westpac Banking Corporation | Australia | 700.447 | 30/09/2012 |
| 43 | Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) | Canada | 681.203 | 31/07/2012 |
| 44 | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group | Australia | 666.370 | 30/09/2012 |
| 45 | KfW Bankengruppe | Germany | 665.818 | 30/09/2012 |
| 46 | Standard Chartered | UK | 624.431 | 30/06/2012 |
| 47 | Danske Bank Group | Denmark | 620.710 | 30/09/2012 |
| 48 | Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canada | 551.340 | 31/07/2012 |
| 49 | Banco do Brasil S.A. | Brazil | 544.631 | 30/09/2012 |
| 50 | Dexia | Belgium | 528.595 | 30/06/2012 |
| 51 | DZ Bank | Germany | 523.025 | 30/06/2012 |
| 52 | Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel (BFCM Group) | France | 494.723 | 30/06/2012 |
| 53 | Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg (LBBW) | Germany | 474.134 | 30/09/2012 |
