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	<title>The Swamp Report &#187; loan loss provisions</title>
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		<title>Bank coverage ratio farce</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TPC has a good piece from Annaly Capital Management on the banks profit &#8220;mirage&#8221;: If banks had held their coverage ratio steady at 63.6%, where it was in the previous quarter, this would have called for an additional provision of $12.9 billion, which more than wipes out the $2.8 billion in “profits” for this quarter.  [...]]]></description>
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