Friday, April 17, 2009

helping to offset a portion of the rather large drop in deposits outside of the U.S.

TO BE NOTED: From EconomPic Data:

"Citi Losing Non-US Deposits

Back in October, Bloomberg reported:

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will temporarily guarantee new senior unsecured debt and fully protect non-interest-bearing deposits at banks in a bid to restore confidence in the financial system.

"All of us are prepared to do whatever it takes, to fix whatever problems arise, and to work with Wall Street and Main Street to unclog the financial system,'' FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said today during a Treasury news conference.

The program is the latest effort by the FDIC to shore up confidence in the U.S. banking system in the wake of 15 bank failures this year. The $700 billion U.S. financial industry rescue law raises FDIC coverage of bank deposits to $250,000 per customer from $100,000 through 2009.

Looking at the shift in Citi's deposit base over the last year, the added insurance looks very timely as non-interest bearing deposits spiked, helping to offset a portion of the rather large drop in deposits outside of the U.S. (though more than half of the decline outside of the U.S. was due to FX adjustments).

Change in Deposit Base

Cumulative Percent Change in Deposit Base by Type / Region

Source: Citigroup

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