Comments on: The Germans guarantee all savings deposits http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/germans-guarantee-all-savings-deposits.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:48:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: HRE: defusing the German financial time bomb - Credit Writedowns http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/germans-guarantee-all-savings-deposits.html/comment-page-1#comment-4947 HRE: defusing the German financial time bomb - Credit Writedowns Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:11:28 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/the-germans-guarantee-all-savings-deposits.html#comment-4947 [...] The Germans guarantee all savings deposits - 5 Oct 2008 [...] [...] The Germans guarantee all savings deposits – 5 Oct 2008 [...]

]]> By: Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/germans-guarantee-all-savings-deposits.html/comment-page-1#comment-391 Edward Harrison Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/the-germans-guarantee-all-savings-deposits.html#comment-391 thanks, egghat. When I said all savings deposits, that's what I meant. It is not a blanket deposit guarantee only a partial guarantee.<br/><br/>But, yes, the government response doesn't seem to be fostering faith. Question: how much do ordinary Germans trust the southern Europeans to not 'pull down' the German economy?<br/><br/>Is there more anger about getting rid of the Deutsche Mark now that this crisis has arrived in Germany?<br/><br/>Edward thanks, egghat. When I said all savings deposits, that’s what I meant. It is not a blanket deposit guarantee only a partial guarantee.

But, yes, the government response doesn’t seem to be fostering faith. Question: how much do ordinary Germans trust the southern Europeans to not ‘pull down’ the German economy?

Is there more anger about getting rid of the Deutsche Mark now that this crisis has arrived in Germany?

Edward

]]> By: egghat http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/germans-guarantee-all-savings-deposits.html/comment-page-1#comment-390 egghat Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/the-germans-guarantee-all-savings-deposits.html#comment-390 only "private savings accounts" are insured. This amounts to approximatly 568 Billion Euros.<br/><br/>A complete guarantee like the Irish would have amounted to 7 Trillion Euros.<br/><br/>This will prevent a bank run, but it won't solve the underlying problem that noone gives the banks any money anymore ... only “private savings accounts” are insured. This amounts to approximatly 568 Billion Euros.

A complete guarantee like the Irish would have amounted to 7 Trillion Euros.

This will prevent a bank run, but it won’t solve the underlying problem that noone gives the banks any money anymore …

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