by Calculated Risk on 11/12/2007 09:38:00 AM
Monday, November 12, 2007
Deutsche Bank: Subprime Losses May Reach $400 Billion
Back in July, Bernanke suggested the subprime related losses would be in the $50 Billion to $100 Billion range:
"Some estimates are in the order of between $50 billion and $100 billion of losses associated with subprime credit problems," [Bernanke] said (July 19, 2007).Last week, the Royal Bank of Scotland pegged the total losses at $250 Billion to $500 Billion:
``This credit crisis, when all is out, will see $250 billion to $500 billion of losses,'' London-based Janjuah said.Now from Bloomberg: Subprime Losses May Reach $400 Billion, Analysts Say
Losses from the falling value of subprime mortgage assets may reach $300 billion to $400 billion worldwide, Deutsche Bank AG analysts said.As I've noted before, Mayo has really been on top of the Wall Street losses.
Wall Street's largest banks and brokers will be forced to write down as much as $130 billion because of the slump in subprime-related debt, according to a report today by Mike Mayo, a New York-based analyst. The rest of the losses will come from smaller banks and investors in mortgage-related securities.
Also these losses don't include the coming $2+ Trillion in household net worth losses due to house prices falling over the next couple of years.