Banks face stern test when credit cycle turns
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Banks, which have used a glut of cheap  money to help fuel a boom in real estate and leveraged company  buyouts, may face a rough ride when lending conditions turn  sour, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday.
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Although several of the nationâs biggest banks reported some of their best results ever this week, investors are worried about tougher times ahead.
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No one knows how large the earnings losses at banks will be, but the turmoil in the credit markets will likely hurt the industry over the next couple of financial quarters.
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Top UK banks are set to report combined profits of about Â£38bn for the past year despite worries about exposure to bad debts.
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Now seems a peculiar time for shareholders to suspend their disbelief about the full impact the continuing credit crisis might have on financial services stocks.
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Banks that produce complex and illiquid derivative products that have been at the heart of the credit squeeze may be forced to provide more information about them on public stock exchanges.
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Not so long ago, highly leveraged companies could get loans to bail themselves out. Now they canât.
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Wall Street banks are bracing for another wave of multibillion-dollar losses as the crisis that began with subprime mortgages spreads through the credit markets.
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But rising interest rates could deter purchases in months ahead.
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Despite a bad quarter, the bank is shrewdly planning for the future.
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Writing a check a day or two before you have enough money to cover it will soon become a riskier money-management strategy, some consumer and banking groups warn.
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Consumers who have become used to writing checks in the expectation of having at least a couple of days to cover them with a deposit may soon be in for a rude awakening.
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The central banks for Europe and Britain are facing similar quandaries but are expected to take two different paths when they make interest rate decisions Thursday.
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Investors buffeted by the credit crisis will enjoy no pre-Christmas lull as central banks began putting a pump-priming plan into action on Monday while critical results from major American banks loom later in the week.
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Swiss bank UBSâs string of stinging financial disclosures is symptomatic of how the subprime drama has unfolded in Europe and is stoking fears of more shocks to come.
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Major American banks are expected to  unveil substantial losses and secure more cash from abroad in  what is shaping up to be a pivotal week for the global credit  crisis, with central banks also poised to weigh in again.
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Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.