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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Jul 16, 2011

Europe, stressed, awaits bank tests
Washington Post
By Howard Schneider, ROME — Tests of the health of dozens of European banks will be released Friday, a step that could mark a positive turn in the region's economic crisis by reassuring that thefinancial system is healthy — or make it worse by ...
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The global glums are here to stay
Sydney Morning Herald
With the stakes so high for the euro area, officials in crisis talks are under pressure to find another bailout that can prevent financial disaster. But to do this, leaders face a seemingly intractable list of economic and political problems. ...
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North Carolina Economist Offers A Brief Chronological Explanation of The ...
Citybizlist (press release)
The prior Fed goals of achieving price stability and full employment have been replaced by the Fed aiming at global financial market stability goals targets and coordinating policy with other centralbanks for the benefit of global trading partners. ...
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Economic Outlook Grim If No Debt Deal Reached
NPR
Default would be a "major crisis" that would radiate "shockwaves" through the financial system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress recently. But putting a priority on paying interest on maturing debt to avoid a default would simply ...
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Stop Blaming Wall Street
New Republic
The Federal Reserve reports that, while banks are easing their lending terms, businesses are reluctant to take out loans to expand. That's partly due to the overhang of private debt created by thefinancial crisis, but it's also because American ...
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Showdown on debt: Geithner demands deal in days as Republicans propose cuts to ...
Daily Mail
A lower US credit rating would cause further havoc in financial markets around the world, as the country's bonds serve as a benchmark for international interest rates. Speaking at the White House today, the President said: 'We have a unique opportunity...
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NBR Transcripts-July 14, 2011-Full Episode
PBS Nightly Business Report
GHARIB: You know, Sallie, Europe is part of the reason that US bank stocks are down. You know, what`s it going to change investors` concerns about financial stocks? KRAWCHECK: In order for investors to return to financial stocks, investors are looking ...
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Why Wall Street doesn't seem worried about default
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The bigger fear is that a default could freeze the short-term lending markets that keep money moving throughout the global financial system. Treasurys and other government-backed debt are the most widely used collateral for loans in these markets. ...
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Is this the time of a new 'Golden Age'?
Equitymaster.com
Indeed, a downgrade for US debt will have serious repercussions for the global financial markets as given that US bonds are perceived to be the safest investment in the world. But that is a perception that the countries across the world will have to ...
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Will Fed's QE infinity work?
People's Daily Online
The Federal Reserve bought a total of $600 billion government securities in 10 months from September to June in a desperate attempt to arrest US economy, wounded seriously in a self-inflicted financial crisis, from slipping back to a double-dip ...
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Debut of Made-in-China Social Security Checks
Canada Free Press
... in US stocks and bonds. Rising interest rates alone could plunge the world into aglobal financial crisis. Voracious government demand for credit can “crowd out” private sector investment, causing high unemployment and lack of capital formation....
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Citigroup Profit Beats Analysts' Estimates on Higher Investment-Bank Fees
Bloomberg
The sovereign debt crisis in Europe and slowing economic growth in the US depressed trading volume and curtailed revenue in the second quarter as investors bought and sold fewer bonds and equities, according to analysts including Chris Kotowski at ...
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Stocks, Treasuries Decline on Bernanke Talk
Bloomberg
(Source: Bloomberg) July 11 (Bloomberg) - Arjuna Mahendran, Asian head of investment strategy at HSBC Private Bank, talks about the global economy and financial markets. Mahendran speaks from Singapore with John Dawson on Bloomberg Television's "First ...
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