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As stock markets headed off a cliff again last week, closely followed by currencies, and as meltdown threatened entire countries such as Hungary and Iceland
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There wasn’t much new in U.S. markets Thursday, and that was the problem. Credit markets remain mostly frozen, as wary banks still refuse to lend to one another despite the federal government’s attempts to break that logjam.
The plan for the Treasury to buy up $700 billion in bad loans from banks now is roundly viewed as too little, too late, or just wrong-headed. Critics say it won’t get the banks to lend again any time soon.
New reports from Washington on Thursday said the Treasury may try another approach: injecting capital …
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The world’s financial markets face an uncertain and possibly volatile week as investors await details about how the Treasury will implement the government’s financial rescue package — and watch for any further fallout from the credit crisis around the globe.
The markets have switched their focus to the world economy now that the $700 billion bailout plan has become law. And there’s reason for their concerns — governments across Europe are rushing to prop up failing banks. On Sunday, Germany said it would follow suit with Ireland and Greece in guaranteeing …
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The stock market on Monday suffered its most devastating collapse since the 1987 crash as shellshocked investors dumped shares en masse after the House voted down a proposed $700-billion rescue of the financial system.
The unexpected defeat of the bailout package fanned fears that the most debilitating financial crisis since the Great Depression could intensify.
The Dow Jones industrial average sank 777 points — the largest point drop in its 112-year history. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index plunged 8.8%, its sharpest decline since Black Monday two decades ago, while the Nasdaq …

