We estimate that over the next three years
the financial losses resulting from the surge in defaults on US mortgages and other consumer loans will add up to close to $700bn, or 6% of US GDP. Roughly a third of those losses, or $235bn, will fall on commercial banks, reducing their capital reserves by 20%.
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