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I understand that that's a scary number, but definitions are important. There is no $600B of worthless bonds. There is $600B of unrealized losses. The bonds ar
by neural_thing 4y ago
I understand that that's a scary number, but definitions are important.
There is no $600B of worthless bonds. There is $600B of unrealized losses. The bonds are worth something.
Moreover, unrealized losses are not leverage. Banks in 2008 were levered 30-to-1. No such thing now.