Analyst Bove sees 150-200 more U.S. bank failures

[UpInArms]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prominent banking analyst said on Sunday that 150 to 200 more U.S. banks will fail in the current banking crisis, and the industry's payments to keep the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp afloat could eat up 25 percent of pretax income in 2010.

Richard Bove of Rochdale Securities said this will likely force the FDIC, which insures deposits, to turn increasingly to non-U.S. banks and private equity funds to shore up the banking system.

"The difficulty at the moment is finding enough healthy banks to buy the failing banks," Bove wrote.

The FDIC is expected on August 26 to vote on relaxed guidelines for private equity firms to invest in failed banks, after critics said previously proposed rules were too harsh and would actually dissuade firms from making investments.

Bove said "perhaps another 150 to 200 banks will fail," on top of 81 so far in 2009, adding stress to the FDIC's deposit insurance fund.

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[ixion]

1. I guess you call that a "bankless" recovery?

:shrug:

[Demeter]

2. Touche!

I'm wondering: 200 banks over how many months? And what about the months after that?

[FarCenter]

3. At 4 per week on average, it would be midsummer next year

[sendero]

4. That is ..

.... a very conservative estimate from a moron who's gotten it wrong most of the time. FYI