Re:Banks Paid $32.6B in Bonuses Amid U.S. Bailout (2009)
by smileysteve on Sunday February 15, 2015 @07:31PM
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The risk of not lending the banks out is a depression where the currency / global economy may have lost more value.
Example: The gov only made 8.5%, but if the US costs have increased 16% over the same period (because of a depression), the overall return is more like 24.5%, ignoring the additional costs of a depression.
Example: The gov only made 8.5%, but if the US costs have increased 16% over the same period (because of a depression), the overall return is more like 24.5%, ignoring the additional costs of a depression.