U.S. banks sitting on $482B in unrealized losses, silent crisis threatens systemic collapse. Shadow Banks rushing to bail out Commercial Banks via a fresh liquidity pool?
The Silent Banking Crisis: Understanding the $482 Billion Time Bomb U.S. banks are currently sitting on $482 billion in unrealized losses on their investment securities primarily long-dated Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities bought during the 0% interest rate era. This figure has jumped 33% in just the last quarter, making it the worst paper loss environment …