Difficulty in diagnosing health of banks

Courtesy Marketplace  Thu, 02/19/2009 - 12:17

When regulators take a look at the banks' books, they might be in for a surprise. The 38 banks the FDIC has taken over in the past two years have overstated their assets by more than $20 billion.

Steve Henn reports.


 

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