{"id":659068,"date":"2010-02-09T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/these-charts-prove-that-too-big-to-fail-is-more-alive-than-ever-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-09T05:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T10:40:00","slug":"these-charts-prove-that-too-big-to-fail-is-more-alive-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/659068","title":{"rendered":"These Charts Prove That “Too Big To Fail” Is More Alive Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember our good old friend the TED Spread? It measures the difference between interbank loans and short-term treasuries, and is used as a gauge of short-term confidence in the banking system. Back during the crisis, when lending came to a freeze, it blew out to record levels.<\/p>\n

So you might think that with all the fresh nervousness hitting the market that the TED spread would so some signs of widening again, but nope.<\/p>\n

Here’s a one-year chart.<\/p>\n

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And here’s a one-month chart, just to drive home the point:<\/p>\n

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Basically, you couldn’t find an industry that investors are more confident about. Too big to fail is alive and well.<\/p>\n

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