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March 23, 2008

The Shadow Banking System

Total value of the shadow banking system (unregulated and unsupervised): $516 Trillion.

US GDP ~ $13.86 Trillion (PPP).
Positions held by Bear Sterns ~ $13.4 Trillion (underlying assets ~ $80 billion).
Positions held by JP Morgan Chase prior to Bear Sterns acquisition ~ $77 Trillion.

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