http://taxesandbudget-blog.ncpa.org/fasbs-half-a-loaf/ Insights on Taxes, Economic Policy, Federal Budget | NCPA Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:24:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://taxesandbudget-blog.ncpa.org/fasbs-half-a-loaf/comment-page-1/#comment-9828 Ajaymeena’s Blog Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:47:48 +0000 http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/?p=706#comment-9828 [...] McTeer, in yet another excellent article on the topic points out the shortcoming in the FASB relief, limited to future accounting periods [...] [...] McTeer, in yet another excellent article on the topic points out the shortcoming in the FASB relief, limited to future accounting periods [...]

]]> http://taxesandbudget-blog.ncpa.org/fasbs-half-a-loaf/comment-page-1/#comment-9700 Sergei Primakov Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:12:27 +0000 http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/?p=706#comment-9700 If we want to help the banks, why don't we just apply regulatory forebearance? If investors really think the banks are solvent, they would have looked through mark to market accounting, and applied historical cost to the banks' legacy loan positions.. If we want to help the banks, why don’t we just apply regulatory forebearance? If investors really think the banks are solvent, they would have looked through mark to market accounting, and applied historical cost to the banks’ legacy loan positions..

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