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I can't say that I totally understand this article, but it sounds to me like banks are starting to feel the pain that the Fed staved off for them, and they don't like it. Also, it seems that their loans aren't performing well, which is now a softspot in their revenue.
I can't help but get the feeling that US monetary policy is like steering a fish-tailing car, where we tend to over-steer rather than under-steer to correct our course. At the same time, I think we have been able to get away with this reactionary economic strategy by shirking off some of the pain upon the rest of the world. For example, QE is very unpopular outside the US, but we are the biggest kid on the block, and so it is. I see a parallel within the US economy itself, where the wealthiest have been able to spin risk and pain off upon the labor and consumer classes. To me, understanding this, and not completely resenting it (regardless of your class), is a large part of what it means to be an American.