摩根大通90亿美元法律开支足够干好6件事
2013-10-14
有人说华尔街是经济浪费的源头，这话一点都没说错。据摩根大通披露，它在第三季度一个季度的法律费用就高达92亿美元。其实，这笔钱完全可以发挥更重要的作用，比如可以将美国债务上限推迟3天半，再比如让汽车城避免破产。
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4) 可以将负债上限推迟3.5天。 美国政府每天的运营成本约为100亿美元，政府每天的税收约为74亿美元。这意味着，从理论上，摩根大通的92亿美元可以将债务上限推迟3.5天。而在现实中，美国政府负债数额要庞大得多。例如，仅10月24日，美国政府拖欠的债务利息便达到120亿美元，摩根大通的法律费用显然不足以支付这笔费用。 |
4) Delay the debt ceiling by 3.5 days. It costs roughly $10 billion a day to run the government, and we bring in about $7.4 billion in tax revenue a day. That means in theory JPMorgan's $9.2 billion could delay the debt ceiling for three and a half days. In reality, the payments we owe are lumpy. For example the government owes $12 billion in interest payments on its debt on October 24 alone, which JPMorgan's legal fees alone wouldn't be able to cover. |
