http://www.moneyweek.com/news-and-chart ... bust-13001$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he world's third-largest bank is bust By Simon Caufield Mar 28, 2011
The Fed will have to fire up the printing presses again
The world's third-largest bank is bust.
It is a US bank with $2.55 trillion of assets. Only BNP Paribas and Royal Bank of Scotland are larger. It's way too big to fail.
When it goes bust, it will be bailed out. And Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, will have no choice but to fire up the printing presses all over again.
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Have you guessed which bank I'm talking about? It's the US Federal Reserve Bank itself.
The Fed is bust – and that's not just my opinion
I'm serious. It may be the US central bank, but it's still a bank like all the rest.