 Financial Times The recovery from the first phase of the crisis was based on “botox economics”. Botox is commonly used to improve a person's appearance but its effects are temporary and can have toxic side-effects. “Financial botox”, money from central banks and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Q+A-More tightening seen from India c.bank despite mounting global woes Reuters Heavy selling in financial markets in recent sessions, Europe's festering debt crisis and the Federal Reserve's pledge on Tuesday to keep rates near zero for at least two more years have only reinforced that cautious view. The Reserve Bank of India ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pass the Pepto. Market volatility here to stay. CNN By Ken Sweet, contributing writer August 10, 2011: 3:42 PM ET August is on pace to be the worst month for stocks since the financial crisis. The past five days have been particularly harrowing. Click the chart for more market data. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Another Take on a Volatile Market PBS NewsHour And if the PIIGS can't pay the piper, all the banks holding their paper will be on the hook for major losses, including even American banks, perhaps. No wonder financial stocks are down even more steeply than the overall market right now. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Beijing Downgrades US-Treasury to A+ - Is Anybody Listening? Gold Seek A stable value of the US-dollar, as a major global reserve currency, is very significant to global economic and financial conditions,” he said. Over 60% of China's foreign currency stash is believed to be in US-dollar assets. Apart from Treasury bonds, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fears of financial crisis redux unfounded Financial Post By Timothy Sifert NEW YORK — Severe volatility in financial markets has stirred memories of thefinancial crisis, but credit markets are making clear this is not 2008 all over again. It's no credit crunch: Stock and bond market swings notwithstanding, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US Economy: No Repeat of 2008 Financial Crisis, But Still Vulnerable To Shock Huffington Post Even as the stock market has gyrated wildly in recent days, bringing inevitable comparisons to thefinancial crisis of 2008, economists say a repeat of that episode is unlikely: Bank balance sheets are much stronger this time, the upside of a recent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| If investors leave, the 1930s could return CNN International Volatile markets are the enemies of new capital issues in either stocks or corporate bonds. This will be the legacy of the Standard & Poor's decision. Creating uncertainty in the middle of a severe recession may be justified by economic and financial ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How long will Japanese banks continue to buy up bonds? Asahi Shimbun Expenditures increased through pet projects of the DPJ, such as the child allowance program, and debt snowballed to make up for the sharp decrease in tax revenues in the wake of the financial crisis triggered by the collapse of US investment bank ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How safe are your investments and savings as stock market turmoil hits? This is Money By James Salmon Shares have taken a pounding as the financial turmoil in Europe and the US has spread to the UK. It will affect our pensions, savings, mortgages and jobs. Here, Money Mail's chief reporter James Salmon explains the crisis and offers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| No Secrets In America's Latest Economic Crisis: Weak Economies, Weak Leaders Huffington Post (blog) So maybe the global equity market slide is not without reason. For without money or credit, there can be no economic growth." The same observation applies to the United States. Ever since thefinancial crisis arrived in 2008, the Fed has kept interest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Downgrade Doesn't Matter as Bond Investors Show Faith in Fed After S&P Cut Bloomberg US bonds are still in demand at a time when Europe's sovereign debt crisis threatens to spread to Italy and Spain from Greece, Ireland and Portugal, and the global economy is slowing, damping the appeal of stocks. The MSCI World (MXWO) Index of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Advanced nations must cut their debt Asahi Shimbun There is now a greater possibility of a recurrence of the financial crisis that hit in the autumn of 2008 after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers. The Group of Seven nations must do everything possible to placate financial concerns ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Pro-Cyclicality: Bernanke and Dimon on Moderating the Credit Cycle Seeking Alpha This was intended to put them on a par with their global competitors, during a time of worldwide prosperity. After the financial crisis, regulators over-reacted in the area of commercial real estate loans, so that many banks were prevented from rolling ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bloodbath On World Markets Continues DailyForex The global financial crisis itself was caused by a loss of confidence within the financial sector triggered by debt doubts. That time, the “herd” was spooked by the sub-prime crisis when it was gradually realised that many financial institutions had ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gold Stocks Look Like Diamonds In The Rough With Metal Making New Highs ... Forbes The exception is 2008, when the VIX passed 40 on its way to 90 and remained elevated for months during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. You can see from the table that the market has rebounded roughly 6 percent on average over the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Investment manager Jonathan Lederer offers advice in time of market turmoil Sacramento Bee The recent stock market sell-off is also a referendum on policymakers in the United States and Europe. Investors are frustrated that lawmakers in Washington failed to use the financial crisis to take meaningful measures that address looming entitlement ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Inflation & Deflation in a Storm Gold Seek The financial sector damage, dislocation, and abuse are evident in the crumbling sovereign bondmarket, the wrecked big US bank stocks, and the discovery of Gold as the true safe haven. Do not be fooled by the knee-jerk pied piper response to flee the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Italy's economy on the brink ABC Online The global financial situation has markets alarmed that many big countries cannot repay the enormous debts they owe. One country causing concern is Italy, with 50 percent of the nation's debt held by overseas investors. LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Over the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US Credit Rating Slide: What it Means Fox Business The downgrade may have been, in part, a reaction to criticism by US officials of the agencies for signing off on risky mortgage-backed securities that contributed to the financial crisis. The biggest long-term danger from the downgrade could be a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Canadian banks seen as safe haven Calgary Herald "We just can't provide (clients) with enough income if we go to bonds," he said. "The banks are way more attractive, so this is where we put our money." While the banks' valuations have suffered from their link to the financial crisis, the Canadian ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mervyn King issues the latest Inflation Report as the Bank downgrades its ... DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) Domestically, the strength of the recovery will depend on the extent to which households have further to adjust to past falls in their real incomes or to the uncertainty associated with the financial crisisand the fiscal consolidation now in train. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As financial turmoil in Europe and the US spreads to the UK, we ask HOW SAFE ... This is Money If the idea of committing more money to the stock market gives you nervous palpitations then the only option is cash. Savings accounts have not been unaffected by this crisis, with the rate paid on fixed-rate bonds falling after the drop in gilt yields ... See all stories on this topic » |
