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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"How the Financial Sector Sucks $635 Billion Every Year from the Real Economy"
How the Financial Sector Sucks $635 Billion Every Year from the Real EconomyThink Progress | Pat Garofalo
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/06/1291541/how-the-financial-sector-sucks-635-billion-every-year-from-the-real-economy/
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Before the Great Recession, the financial sector had consistently been eating up a greater and greater share of the economy. In 2007, it accounted for a whopping 40 percent of corporate profits. Before 1950, the financial sector made up less than 3 percent of GDP; now it makes up more than 8 percent.
According to a new report from Demos, the financial sector siphons off $635 billion annually in funds that otherwise might go to productive uses, rather than flipping financial assets back and forth:
In recent years, the financial sector share of aggregate GDP has been in the range of 8.3%, an increase from the historic level of 4.1%. By inferring that the historical increase in financial sector share of GDP is attributable to the value diverted from capital intermediation, the excessive wealth transfer to the financial sector is in the range of $635 billion per year. In terms of capital investment loss, one would apply a multiplier to the annual wealth transfer figure since recovery of the annual cost to the capital intermediation system would enable greater upfront investment by businesses and governments.
Research has found that a large financial sector can actually impede economic growth. An International Monetary Fund study showed that at high levels of financial depth, a larger financial sector is associated with less growth. Our findings show that there can be too much finance. Currently, the six biggest banks hold assets equal to 60 percent of Americas GDP.
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"How the Financial Sector Sucks $635 Billion Every Year from the Real Economy" (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2012
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Mopar151
(9,999 posts)1. Ive been trying to make this point for years
That the financiers skim their money off the top, which is a drag on the whole enterprise, particularly as regards cash flow. And all forms of arbitrage are nothing but a means of skimming cash from the market - ditto "high speed trading", most derivatives....
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)2. k/r. Let's have a 1% tax on stock market transactions. nt
HowHasItComeToThis
(3,566 posts)3. yes
PLEASE