bank balance sheets

• Bank Deposits Surge $2 Trillion More Than Loans

  By Charles Mead and Dakin Campbell, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2012

  Slack borrowing demand and tighter lending standards lead to imbalance.

• TAG Extension Could Be Losing Steam

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 4, 2012

  Another two years of unlimited FDIC coverage is starting to seem unlikely, despite Reid's legislation.

• Commercial Paper Jumps $20 Bln

  By John Parry, Bloomberg  |  July 26, 2012

  Rise in latest week led by issuance by foreign financial firms.

• Commercial Paper Falls

  By John Parry, Bloomberg  |  June 7, 2012

  First decline in six weeks is led by drop in financial institution issuance.

• Commercial Paper Tops $1 Trln

  By John Parry, Bloomberg  |  May 24, 2012

  Short-term corporate borrowing in U.S. hits highest level this year.

• European Bond Sales Surge

  By Katie Linsell and Sridhar Natarajan, Bloomberg  |  March 21, 2012

  Fiat, Daimler lead busiest day of issuance since January 2010.

• ECB Cash May Stymie Bond Sales

  By John Glover, Bloomberg  |  February 8, 2012

  Banks’ issuance of unsecured euro debt has fallen.

• Ghost of Lehman Haunts G-7

  By Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg  |  September 9, 2011

  Finance chiefs face calls to ramp up efforts to resolve debt crisis.

• Europe's Banks Remain Weak

  By Simon Kennedy, Gavin Finch, Bloomberg News  |  August 23, 2011

  Failure to solve region’s banking crisis returns to haunt markets.

• Euro Zone May Need to Shrink

  By Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg News  |  August 22, 2011

  Some members may leave currency union amid financial turmoil.