Charles Schwab owes 130% of their total equity capital to short duration FHLB loans that have to be paid back soon.
Total assets $350 billion… There's your September Lehman Brothers. https://t.co/Rr492EJgeN pic.twitter.com/7aFMIBq0a3
— Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 21, 2023
If the Wuhan virus is the Bear Stearns of 2020, what will be the Lehman event?
Guest Post by Martin Armstrong
I am overseas as a crisis is brewing which many might rename the “Lehman Moment” to something more up to date. Clearly, the stakes are far higher to the world economy than anyone may truly appreciate. We are cascading toward a perfect financial storm. However, this particular storm is exacerbated by the politics of Europe stemming from the structural design of the Euro. There is a major risk to both the European and world economy.
All the Quantitative Easing by Draghi at the European Central Bank (ECB) has completely failed and in the process created a systemic risk to the entire world economy – not just the EU. This is why the Federal Reserve (Fed) has lowered interest rates when there was no true justification for the interest rate reduction domestically. The Fed has confirmed that it is indeed the central bank to the world even if it does not like that role. It can no longer place domestic policy objectives over international.