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Extreme Leverage In Reverse Portends Global Systemic Crash

• Michael Shedlock / Mish
US banks levered cash to loans at 25:1 and liabilities at 33:1 at the credit bubble peak. The long term historic average ratios are about 5-7:1, and 7-10:1 respectively.

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