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...Its funding costs also rose rapidly and it racked up large paper losses on its mortgage book and other long-dated assets....
...The section head wrote one column this week on the squeeze on Generation Rent via higher buy-to-let mortgages....
...Sharing First Republic’s loan losses with JPMorgan will limit the costs to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to $13bn....
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...The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which is leading the government effort, received bids from banks including JPMorgan Chase, PNC and Citizens, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation...
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