Friday, January 20, 2012

Why Banks Still Don't Trust Each Other...




The TED Spread charts the difference between what they feel are “risk-free” T-bills and LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate), which is the perceived credit risk in lending to commercial banks.
When the TED Spread rises, banks start to lose trust in one another, because they feel that another bank could default.


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