Thu 2010-08-26 09:23 EDT

Jingle mail in Jersey from Hyatt Hotels ... | footnoted.com

If you're in Princeton, New Jersey, anytime soon, swing by the Hyatt Regency Princeton. With the Hyatt Hotels (H) quarterly report filed yesterday, it has become a symbol of the financial crisis... Like households across the country, one of Hyatt's subsidiaries ``did not have sufficient cash flow to meet interest payment requirements under its mortgage loan'' on the property, in this case a 347-room hotel with a restaurant, bar and comedy club, just a mile from [Princeton University]....``When hotel cash flow became insufficient to service the loan,'' the company said in the filing, ``HHC notified the lender that it would not provide assistance.'' In other words, Hyatt decided to walk away -- the equivalent of ``jingle mail''...

com; Footnote; Hyatt hotel; Jersey; Jingle Mail.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis Mon 2009-09-21 14:09 EDT

Is Pent-Up Inflation From Fed Printing Waiting On Deck?

Michael Shedlock

Inquiring minds are wondering about the possibility of "pent-up" inflation from the massive expansion money supply by the Fed...Hardly. A funny thing happened to the inflation theory: Banks aren't lending and proof can be found in excess reserves at member banks. Because of rising credit card defaults, commercial real estate defaults, foreclosures, walk-aways, and other bad debts, banks need those reserves to cover future losses...banks are insolvent, unable or unwilling to lend. Moreover, tapped out consumers are unable or unwilling to borrow.

deck; Fed Printing Waiting; Inflation; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; pent.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Banks Walk Away On Foreclosures

Banks Walking Away; foreclosures; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Evidence of "Walking Away" In WaMu Mortgage Pool

2008-02-23

evidence; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Walking Away; WaMu Mortgage Pool.

Tue 2007-12-04 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Paulson's Plan Is Nothing But Lip Service

anonymous industry insider: "how are rate cuts going to help anything when what the system needs is "more balance sheet," and there's none to be found, and in fact credit continues to contract?"; plan will because underwater buyers should and will walk away

lip services; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Paulson's Plan.