| This, of course, is a political decision.
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| | and business bankruptcies proliferated.
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| There is no "right" thing to do. Even the
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| | Venezuela entered one of the worst
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| IMF imperatives are not sacred.
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| | economic periods in its history with
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| Sometimes, inflationary goals should be
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| | rampant unemployment and a virtual state
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| sacrifice to avoid the total collapse of
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| | of economic depression. It cost the
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| the banking system and, with it, the
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| | country 12 billion USD to extract its
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| economy as a whole.Unfortunately, a lot
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| | banking system from the throes of
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| of experience has been accumulated
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| | imminent evaporation - an amount equal to
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| elsewhere in the world. No country was
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| | 22% of its annual GDP.And this was
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| exempt, all suffered collapsing or
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| | nothing compared to the Brazilian
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| near-collapsing banking systems. India
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| | predicament. Brazil is divided to
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| had to nationalize the fourteen biggest
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| | geographically huge states, each with its
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| banks - and, later on, tens of private,
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| | own development bank. These banks are
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| smaller ones - in 1969.This was done to
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| | really commercial banks. They have
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| avert a major financial catastrophe. No
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| | hundreds of branches spread across the
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| one can enumerate all the banking crises
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| | states, they take deposits and make loans
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| in England. As late as 1991 it had a 10
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| | to business firms and to individuals. But
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| billion USD collapse (the BCCI bank).In
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| | their main debtors are the
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| 1973-4, during the "secondary banking
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| | administrations of the states. When
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| crisis", the government had to launch
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| | Banespa, the Sao Paolo state development
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| operation "Lifeboat" to save 60 banks.
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| | bank collapsed, it was owed 19 billion
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| They failed because the Bank of England
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| | USD by the state government, not to
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| deregulated the credit markets and freed
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| | mention other bad loans. This bank had
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| it to competition.As we review this
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| | 1,500 branches and millions of
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| scorched earth of ruined banks, six
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| | depositors. It would have been political
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| patterns emerge concerning the
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| | suicide to just let it die away. In
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| compensation offered by the state to the
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| | December 1994, the Central Bank took over
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| adversely affected clients.The USA
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| | the day to day management of the bank and
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| established a Federal Deposit Insurance
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| | installed its own people in it. The bank
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| Corporation (FDIC) as early as 1933.Every
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| | was later completely nationalized.
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| depositor in every American bank is
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| | Moreover, the other state development
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| insured and the participation of the
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| | banks began to wobble, together with a
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| banks in the FDIC is obligatory. The FDIC
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| | sizeable chunk of the private banking
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| covers deposits of up to 100,000 USD per
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| | sector - 27 banks in total. This was
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| person per bank.The savings and loans
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| | really ominous and the government came up
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| associations (SLAs) were insured in a
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| | with a creative solution: instead of
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| separate agency, the FSLIC.When a wave of
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| | saving the banks - it saved the big
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| bankruptcies engulfed the SLAs in 1985-7,
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| | clients of the banks. Sao Paolo received
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| the FSLIC went bust and was unable to
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| | 66 billion USD in federal credits which
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| meet the demands of the panicky
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| | assisted it in re-financing and in
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| depositors.The USA reorganized the whole
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| | re-scheduling its debts, especially its
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| system but it also decided to compensate
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| | debts towards Banespa. The bank was
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| the depositors and savers in the SLAs. To
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| | saved, the state was saved, the federal
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| do that, it initially injected - using
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| | budget was 66 billions poorer - and this
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| budget contingency funds - 10.8 billion
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| | was only the beginning. In certain cases,
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| USD. Then, a special agency was set up
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| | the loan (asset) portfolios were so bad
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| (the RTC). This agency established
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| | and unrecoverable that the government had
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| RefCorp, a corporation whose sole purpose
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| | to inject money to the bank itself -
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| was to issue bonds to the public and sell
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| | because there were no more clients to
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| them in the various stock exchanges
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| | inject money to. Banco do Brazil received
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| throughout the USA. The proceeds of the
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| | 7.8 billion USD on condition that it
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| of the sale were used to beef up the
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| | writes off loans from its books. Another
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| failing SLAs and to make their balance
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| | 13.6 billion USD were given to private
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| sheets much healthier.It is important to
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| | banks. The government also cajoled banks
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| note that nothing explicit was promised
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| | into merging or into finding foreign
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| to the depositors. The government made
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| | partners. The depositors were completely
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| vague and late statements about its
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| | compensated but only a few of the 27
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| willingness to support the ailing
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| | saved banks are of any interest to
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| institutions. This was enough to calm the
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| | foreign investors. After all, a bank
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| panic and to re-establish trust between
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| | without assets is hardly a bank at
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| the depositors and the SLAs.RefCorp bonds
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| | all.The most vicious of all banking
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| were not backed by a federal guarantee.
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| | affairs in this part of the world
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| Still, the fact that RefCorp was a
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| | occurred in Paraguay a year later. The
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| federal entity, associated with the
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| | Treasure of the Central Bank, no less,
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| administration was enough to give it a
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| | was found using the Central Bank funds to
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| federal credit rating.People believed in
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| | run a lucrative money lending operation.
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| the sincerity of the commitment of the
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| | He lent 3 million of the bank's funds
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| government and in the long term repayment
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| | before he was caught. Needless to sat
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| prospects of the bonds. They bought 300
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| | that he pocketed the interest payments.
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| billion worth and the money was
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| | In April 1995, the Governor of the
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| immediately injected to heal the bankrupt
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| | Central Bank there decided that things
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| institutions. Using long term debt -
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| | were getting too hot for him and he fled
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| which was not even part of its
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| | the country altogether. The public was in
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| obligations - the government was able to
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| | panic. No one knew what happened to the
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| stabilize the financial system and to
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| | reserves of the commercial banks which
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| fully compensate depositors for their
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| | were deposited with the Central Banks.
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| money.A similar approach was adopted by
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| | Banks with no reserves are very shaky and
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| Israel to cope with its 1983 banking
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| | dangerous institutions. So, depositors
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| crisis. The whole banking system
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| | and savers queued in front of the banks
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| collapsed as a result of a failure of a
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| | to draw their money. It was a matter of a
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| pyramid scheme involving the banks'
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| | very short time before the banks became
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| shares. The government was faced with
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| | insolvent and closed down their
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| civil unrest and decided to compensate
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| | operations, albeit "temporarily". Four
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| those who bought the shares in the stock
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| | banks and 16 savings houses collapsed
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| exchange.At first, the banks were
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| | that year and four more banks - the next.
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| nationalized and trading in their shares
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| | The bank supervision discovered mountains
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| in the stock exchange was suspended to
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| | and oceans of black money on which the
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| prevent panic selling. The government,
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| | banks paid high rates of interest. The
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| having become the owner of the banks,
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| | legal "white" money - a much smaller
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| declared a share buyback scheme. Owners
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| | amount altogether - bore a lower rate of
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| of bank shares were permitted to sell
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| | interest.The government adopted a
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| them to the government in three specific
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| | politically brave decision: it would
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| dates over a period of 9 years
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| | compensate only those depositors which
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| (originally, the share buyback scheme was
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| | deposited money on which they paid taxes
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| for a period of 6 years with two exit
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| | ("legal money"). Even so, the damage was
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| dates but it was prolonged). The price at
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| | great (in Paraguayan terms): 450 million
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| which the government agreed to buy the
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| | USD. Those depositors who received excess
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| shares back from the public was the price
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| | interest payments on their undeclared
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| on the last day that the shares were
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| | funds - lost both their funds and the
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| traded prior to the collapse (5/10/83)
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| | interest accruing thereon. Moreover, the
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| and it was linked to the exchange rate of
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| | government forced the owners of the banks
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| the Shekel-USD. The government used funds
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| | to increase the equity capital. The
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| allocated within the national budget to
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| | system was saved, though the basic
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| buy the shares back. This means that it
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| | malaise was not cured and the banking
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| used taxpayers money to financially save
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| | system is still obscure, secretive,
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| a select group of shareholders. But there
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| | nepotistic and highly dangerous.A course
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| was no public outcry: so many people were
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| | very similar to that chosen by Macedonia
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| involved in these pyramid schemes for so
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| | was adopted by the government of Japan.In
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| long that all the citizens stood to
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| | 1990, the Tokyo Stock Exchange began its
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| benefit from this generous handout. When
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| | long 50% decline. People lost trillions
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| the last shares were bought in 1992 the
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| | of USD.As a result, they had no money to
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| total damage became evident: no less than
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| | continue to pay the outlandish prices
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| 6 billion USD (minus what the government
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| | which were demanded by sellers of real
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| could get when it were to sell the banks
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| | estate property. So, real estate prices
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| that it owned).1994 was arguably the
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| | went down by as much as 80% in the Tokyo
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| worst year for banks in South America
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| | area - and by a bit less elsewhere in
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| since 1982. Banks collapsed all over that
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| | Japan. Real estate property served as the
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| region.It started with Venezuela in
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| | main security on huge portfolios of loans
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| January 1994. One of the major banks
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| | which were provided by banks through
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| there, Banco Latino, failed, dragging
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| | Junsen, financing corporations set up
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| with it 7 others. The Government decided
| |
| | especially to provide mortgage
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| to fully compensate all the depositors
| |
| | collateralised loans.The logical - and
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| and savers in these banks. It has created
| |
| | inevitable - result was the collapse of
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| a special fund to which revenues from the
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| | seven important Junsen, followed by a
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| sale of oil were transferred. Obviously,
| |
| | chain reaction of banks ceasing to
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| this money was taken away from the budget
| |
| | function.The Japanese government set up a
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| and was compensated for by extra
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| | special agency, the HLAC, which "cleaned"
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| taxation. The whole economy was horribly
| |
| | the books of the banks by taking over the
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| effected: inflation shot up
| |
| | non-performing loans.
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| uncontrollably, a credit crunch ensued
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