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To: i-node who wrote (43095)	5/7/2013 11:39:31 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 85487

poppycock

To: i-node who wrote (43095)	5/8/2013 10:59:12 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Banks Warn Bernanke Of The First Two Bubbles: Student Loans And Farmland Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/08/2013 - 09:49 A panel of bankers warned the Fed in February that their extreme monetary policy is forcing institutions to "accept greater credit-risk" than "makes sense"and student debt and farmland prices are in a bubble. We first started to explain the bubble in student debt over two years ago and since then the bubble has become larger (and the underlying structure much more fragile as delinquencies soar). Farmland rose in price over 16% last year (according to the Chicago Fed) and has surged 8% per annum over the past decade. Credit risk is now at levels associated with the CDO-driven liquidity excess of 2006. "Further accommodation is not warranted," the minutes of this meeting show - uncovered by Bloomberg via the FOIA. The comments should cause Bernanke and his merry men to pause for breath but of course it is likely what he wanted all along. "Growth in student debt... has parallels to the housing crisis," and "agricultural land prices are veering further from what makes sense," are just two of the bankers' comments, adding that this "will ultimately result in higher loan losses," which is odd since every bank is adjusting down its loan-loss-reserves and juicing earnings