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American humorist Josh Billings once said, "Remember the poor, it costs nothing." The quip sounds close to the apparent sentiment among G-7 economic policymakers who met in Washington over the weekend to craft measures aimed at bailing out Western banks amid the global financial crisis...
...that Reid's contretemps will be the last. At least part of the recently passed $700 billion financial rescue plan will be used to inject cash into banks and other financial companies in an effort to unlock frozen capital markets. Which banks get how much remains to be seen. Amid all the uncertainty, one thing at least seems clear: another big company is likely to require federal help in the coming weeks. And that means loose lips in Washington may add to the off-balance-sheet liabilities of the imploding financial industry...
...euro group plan aims at freeing up credit markets by underwriting loans banks make to one another - activity that has virtually halted amid general suspicion about borrowers' ability to reimburse funds - and resume the lending to companies and consumers necessary for economic growth. The euro group package will also allow national governments to buy preferred shares through capital injections to save swamped banks from failing, and allowing those in less perilous condition to fully sanitize their finances and return to normal operation. As such, the euro group plan was largely inspired by the rescue package British Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
...recovering slightly on Thursday. Korea's Kospi index fell 4.13%, while India's Sensex lost 7% of its value after plummeting in morning trading. China was not spared. The CSI 300 index, which tracks both the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, was down 4.43%. Singapore's main index fell 7.72% amid economic news that the island state has slipped into recession for the first time since 2002. In a speech Friday, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong predicted a continued "rough ride" for Asia. "The world is caught up in a financial storm, and dark clouds fill the immediate horizon...
...predicts, following a pattern established during the 1997 Asian financial crisis when the country used aggressive monetary policy to maintain economic growth. On Thursday Hong Kong, a Chinese territory, reduced its lending rate for the second time in two days, dropping it by 50 basis points to 2% amid what Monetary Authority chief Joseph Yam called "the financial crisis of this century...