Ð’ случае, если Canadian banking system быть Модель for a restructured financial system in the United States? Да, argues Canadian journalist Тереза ​​Tedesco в “Великая Растворитель Северная,” her recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times.

“Имеет мир с ног на голову?” she asks:

Америка, the capital of capitalism, is pondering nationalizing a handful of banks. Между тем, Канада, whose banking system had long been notorious for its stodgy practices and government coddling, is now being celebrated for those very qualities.

Тедеско пишет, “The Canadian banking system, который оказался resilient in the global economic crisis, is finally getting its day in the sun. A recent World Economic Forum report ranked it the soundest in the world, mostly as the result of its conservative practices. (США занимают 40-й).

Ð’ Канаде, где “the five major chartered banks, the few regional banks and handful of large insurance companies are all regulated by the federal government,” Tedesco argues that, “большие пять канадских банков — Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Банк Новой Шотландии, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Bank of Montreal — survived the recent turmoil relatively unscathed. Their balance sheets remain intact and their capital ratios are comfortably above requirements.”

Возможно,, she concludes, “Since Mr. Obama seems to admire the Canadian banking system, his administration might want to take a page out of its playbook.”

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