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...seems unlikely 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...
...Though the common rules adopted under the euro-group plan will still be applied at the national level at the discretion of individual governments, the action marks the first concerted effort to address the chaos in Europe following weeks of dislocated, often controversial responses by each country on a case-by-case basis. In announcing their plan, Sarkozy and his partners applauded both its comprehensive scope and the unity of support it enjoys...
...crisis has over the past few days entered into a phase that makes it intolerable to opt for procrastination and a go-it-alone approach," Sarkozy said. "This plan treats all aspects of the financial crisis." That's not to say further treatment won't be necessary...
Markets loved it, and have rebounded. And the Europeans are feeling pretty good about it all, especially French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who got the various governments to agree on a coordinated plan after two weeks of nasty bickering. Built into the European bailout is a subtle but unmistakable anti-American touch. For the Europeans are taking a very different tack from the U.S. in mounting their bailout, and quite deliberately so: they think U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson badly messed up his bailout...