Thomas Hoenig, the former KC Fed Chairman and current vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) stated recently that banks are choosing to distribute their earnings to investors rather than lend.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big banks say tight U. S. financial regulation forces them to sit on capital and not put money to work by making loans, but in truth they choose to distribute all of their earnings to investors instead of lending them, a long-time regulator said in a letter to two powerful senators released on Wednesday.
Using public data to analyze the 10 largest bank holding companies, Hoenig found they will distribute more than 100 percent of the current year’s earnings to investors, which could have supported to $537 billion in new loans.
On an annualized basis they will distribute 99 percent of net income, he added.
This post was published at Wall Street Examiner by Anthony B Sanders ‘ August 3, 2017.
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