77% of JP Morgan's Net Income Comes from Government Subsidiesby George WashingtonZero Hedge Jul. 03, 2012 |
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JP Morgan’s credit rating would be much lower without government backing. As Bloomberg noted last week: JPMorgan benefited from the assumption that there’s a “very high likelihood” the U.S. government would back the bank’s bondholders and creditors if it defaulted on its debt, according to the statement. Without the implied federal backing, JPMorgan’s long-term deposit rating would have been three levels lower and its senior debt would have dropped two more steps, Moody’s said.And as the editors of Bloomberg pointed out a couple of weeks ago: JPMorgan receives a government subsidy worth about $14 billion a year, according to research published by the International Monetary Fund and our own analysis of bank balance sheets. The money helps the bank pay big salaries and bonuses. More important, it distorts markets, fueling crises such as the recent subprime-lending disaster and the sovereign-debt debacle that is now threatening to destroy the euro and sink the global economy.Way to suck at the government teat, Mr. self-proclaimed free market champion. |