website with the credit loss timeline to see where we stand today. According
to the various announcements, this is the latest list of consolidated subprime
losses:
Citigroup: $40.7bn
UBS: $38bn
Merrill Lynch:
$31.7bn
HSBC: $15.6bn
Bank of America: $14.9bn
Morgan Stanley
$12.6bn
Royal Bank of Scotland: $12bn
JP Morgan Chase:
$9.7bn
Washington Mutual: $8.3bn
Deutsche Bank: $7.5bn
Wachovia:
$7.3bn
Credit Agricole: $6.6bn
Credit Suisse: $6.3bn
Mizuho Financial
$5.5bn
Bear Stearns: $3.2bn
Barclays: $3.2bn
That’s $223.1 billion
of write-downs from 16 banks. Not bad.
But banks in Central, Southern and Eastern Europe seem to have escaped this crisis.
Chris M Skinner
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