Writing a loan down, on the other hand, means that it stays on the bank's balance sheet at a reduced but perhaps still inflated value, and the collateral backing the loan is not sold.
But when the bank started running out of money, and he couldn't offload assets from his real estate portfolio, he concedes that the bank's balance sheet began to burgeon, and he had lost control.
Providing unlimited liquidity to Cyprus would expose the European Central Bank's balance sheet to risk, particularly if Cyprus does end up crashing out of the euro.
One is through the wider use of convertible bonds which automatically switch into equity, bolstering the bank's balance-sheet if, for instance, its capital ratio falls below a trigger threshold.
Indeed, the yen's previous rise partly reflects the Bank of Japan's reluctance to expand its balance sheet as much as the Fed, BOE, or the European Central Bank.
Despite an ongoing criminal investigation into BPI and worries about the strength of its balance sheet, Mr Fazio gave the bank his approval to proceed with the bid.
They cite the sharp increase in the size of the Fed's balance sheet and the recent expansion of bank reserves and money measures as prima facie evidence of looming inflation.
The bank now boasts a sterling balance sheet, with impressive, ample capital.
The privately owned gold held in Turkish commercial banks has shown up on the balance sheet for the central bank, resulting in news reports of inflated official-sector reserves in the country, the consultancy said.
Steel, who at the time he was hired said "most areas of the company continue to perform well" may well be cleaning up Wachovia's balance sheet to prepare the bank for a sale.
Buying masses of exchange-traded funds would expose the central bank directly to the stockmarket, and so put its balance sheet at risk.
Our investigation suggests that views are coalescing around new ways to think about running the bank with greater heed to the consequences of decisions on the balance sheet.
Since these accounts exist as entries on the employer's balance sheet, rather than as cash in the bank, they are still tax-free.
That necessary amount of capital is based to a certain extent on the types of assets the bank chooses to carry on its balance sheet.
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However, market onlookers are changing the shape of what they expect the Fed to deliver and rather than expanding their balance sheet, investors are sensing that the central bank might rejig the composition of its holdings in an effort to deliver borrowers with more attractive financing options.
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An extended period of economic depression and fiscal austerity can trash the balance sheet of the healthiest bank.
If the European Central Bank has to expand its balance sheet to shore up ailing European economies, gold is likely to hit new records into 2012, said TD Securities.
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All that the Fed really controls is its balance sheet, and the interest rate that it pays on bank reserves.
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The difference is that the 1979 move targeted money and, by implication, bank reserves, on the liability side of the Fed's balance sheet.
Tony Blair honoured a man who had built the Royal Bank of Scotland into one of the world's largest banks - with a balance sheet bigger even than the British economy.
This is partly because the combined bank is obliged under European state-aid rules to shrink its balance-sheet in return for the help it has received from the government.
The bank is well capitalized and plans to use its balance sheet for future acquisitions within its markets.
The balance sheet remains large, and the bank reserves created remain.
Do not be surprised if you fail to convince any of them that getting government bureaucrats to impose an artificial downsizing on the bank will magically result in a robust and healthy balance sheet.
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Shareholders, debt holders and regulators need to be able to size up the amount of capital the bank is targeting, how this compares to the minimum and how much capital is currently available on the balance sheet.
As Peter Hahn of the Cass Business School in London points out, a bank that suddenly increases its market share, or expands its balance-sheet, is usually the one to watch.
Hester has made progress improving the bank's health, trimming its once-sprawling balance sheet and returning most key businesses to profitability.
Nor will our central bank seek once again to dramatically increase the size of its balance sheet.
About a year ago, economic forecasters claiming insight into Fed deliberations spread the word that the central bank had devised a methodical exit strategy to unwind its balance sheet.
The HSBC branch on Manhattan's 14th Street was an imposing structure back in the day when a bank's physical size said something about its balance sheet.
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