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Economy
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Cornucopia
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Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: American Digest
QOTD: "The extraordinary Eurogroup meeting on Friday evening ended with a deal on a EUR10bn rescue package for Cyprus after lengthy discussions. From a market point of view, the most important element of the deal is that depositors in Cypriot banks will have to take a haircut. The haircut, or “upfront one-off stability levy” as it is called, is 9.99% for deposits above EUR100,000 and 6.75% for deposits below this threshold. Cypriot banks are closed for holidays today...
...The levy is being introduced despite promises that such a haircut would not take place. On 11 January, Olli Rehn said that “a haircut is not an option for us”. In the same way it was said that there would be no defaults on euro area government bonds until the Greek PSI was introduced. It is clear that such measures cannot be announced beforehand, but it certainly does not increase the credibility of promises from e.g. the European Commission.
The purpose of having deposit guarantee schemes is to avoid bank runs. Deposits up to EUR100,000 are protected under these schemes, so that depositors are fully reimbursed if a bank fails. Given that the deal on Cyprus introduces a new kind of loss for which depositors are not protected, the likelihood of bank runs has just gone up." --Frank Øland Hansen
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