Archive for September, 2010

The Bank of Ellijay, Ellijay, GA

Friday, September 17th, 2010

The Bank of Ellijay, Ellijay, GA, was one of three banks closings tonight to bring the total number of failures to 123 for the year nation wide. The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) for Bank of Ellijay will be $55.2 million. Community & Southern Bank, ...

ISN Bank, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Friday, September 17th, 2010

ISN Bank, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, bites the dust tonight making it the the 120th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation in 2010. The agency estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be approximately $23.9 million. ISN Bank, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was closed today by ...

Horizon Bank, Bradenton, Florida

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Horizon Bank, Bradenton, Florida, is the 119th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year. The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $58.9 million. Horizon Bank, Bradenton, Florida, was closed today by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, which appointed the Federal Deposit ...

Can “Deflation” Catch a Falling Dollar?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Originally posted at Stockmarket-Implosion. "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary event," so sayeth Milton Friedman. Following this intellectual tradition, recently Mish and other analysts define inflation as an increase in the money and credit supply. They then point to a myriad of the examples of the deflation they claim that ...

First American Credit Union, Beloit, Michigan

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

First American Credit Union, Beloit, Michigan, is the 15th credit union to be shut down nationwide this year. First American Credit Union of Beloit has been taken over by a Michigan credit union. First American was founded in 1933 by employees at Beloit Iron Works and expanded over the years to serve ...