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New Global Banking Crisis Risk

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Feb 03, 2016 15:07

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Are banks too big to jail?

nebris wrote in the_recession Jan 24, 2013 08:45

From Salon.com
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 10:09 AM PST
PBS Frontline's stunning report shows how the Obama administration undermined the rule of law
By David Sirota

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The Fix Is In: Markets Conclude EU Deal is Poop, EU Nations Face Credit Downgrades

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Dec 12, 2011 17:49

After a brief relief rally, markets around the world are realizing that the EU deal is potentially not much more pleasant than no deal at all, and are selling off this week ( Read more... )

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Debbie Double A Downer: S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Aug 06, 2011 01:32

All that time spent not working to create jobs, freaking the world markets out, putting ice on the economy, and S&P downgrades the US credit rating -despite having made a TWO TRILLION DOLLAR miscalculation in their analysis-. In fact, S&P in no uncertain terms stated that a large part of their reason for downgrading the US had to do with ( Read more... )

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