International Law

On Again, Off Again (Repeat) -- The "Bad Bank"

The Bad Bank (see yesterday's post) has hit a snag and may not progress past the light bulb stage. Executive regulators don't seem to know how it would work in practice.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Chairman Sheila Bair is apparently pushing for the top post of Baddest Banker:

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair is pushing to run the operation, which would buy the toxic assets clogging banks? balance sheets, one of the people said. Bair is arguing that her agency has expertise and could help finance the effort by issuing bonds guaranteed by the FDIC, a second person said.

Surely this sounds like Iraq all over again: a massive invasion frantically cobbled together with little planning as to the "after party."

Full post as published by Asia Business Intelligence on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).