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Banks to Companies: No More Deposits, Please:
U.S. companies are holding on to billions of dollars in cash. Their banks aren’t sure what to do with it.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, corporate executives rushed to raise money. Banks have been holding that cash ever since, and because companies are reluctant to borrow from them, they can’t turn it into income-generating loans. That has weighed on banks’ profit margins, and some have started pushing corporate customers to spend the cash on their businesses or move it elsewhere.
Bankers say they thought the improving economy would reduce companies’ desire for holding cash, but deposit inflows have continued in recent weeks. Chief financial officers and treasurers, many still wary of the pandemic’s impact, say they aren’t ready for big changes, even if they earn little or nothing on their deposits.
[...] Top of mind for many big banks is a rule requiring them to hold capital equivalent to at least 3% of all assets. Worried about the rule’s impact during the pandemic, the Fed changed the calculation in 2020 to ignore deposits the banks held at the central bank, but ended that break this March. Since then, some banks have warned the growing deposits could force them to raise more capital, or say no to deposits.
(Score: 3, Touché) by fustakrakich on Tuesday June 15 2021, @08:39PM (2 children)
They have been flooding Wall Street with cash for years. This is just another symptom to add to their hyper-inflation bubble. Let's see what pops..
They could spend the money on... "infrastructure"... Ye gods, whatta meesa sayin'?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by turgid on Tuesday June 15 2021, @09:24PM (1 child)
Careful, now. That's pinko commie talk.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 16 2021, @01:28AM
Not if the governor sells it to his brother-in-law and he puts a toll-booth on it.