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After the credit crunch - here comes the contraction
Features In due course, banks should begin to trust - and lend to - one another once more. But the shrinkage of the credit supply to small businesses shows no sign of a let-up.
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Are central banks setting up the next crisis?
Features In both Europe and the US, expectations of interest rate hikes have turned into hopes of cuts in less than a month. But, says John Stepek, such central bank bail-outs can only work for so long.
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How will the Bear Stearns saga end?
Features We are at a critical point as far as markets are concerned. Is the recent trouble in the subprime market enough to turn investor sentiment negative and trigger a sell-off?