Banks’ New Problem: Too Much Cash

The Takeaway

Banks were in dire trouble back in 2008, when the financial crisis hit. Stalwarts like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers kicked the bucket and other banks like Citigroup still haven’t fully recovered. It appears though that banks may have a new problem: too much money. Many people, with no safe alternatives, are depositing their money into banks, but the banks have no where to invest it, so they are trying to deter consumers from giving them their money. Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, explains this unusual problem.

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