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Financial Times (July 8)

2012/ 07/ 09 by jd in Global News

“If the eurozone did not exist, the world would be focused on America’s recovery problem.” With unemployment so high and Treasuries so low, Congress should be utilizing fiscal stimulus. Since they’re not going to, the Fed should step in with quantitative easing. “Last month’s jobs report confirmed that the US recovery is stalling for the third year in a row….The case is now strong enough for the Fed to embark on a QE3 asset-purchase programme at its next meeting at the end of July.”

 

The Economist (July 7)

2012/ 07/ 09 by jd in Global News

The latest banking scandal may have been a tipping point in the court of public opinion. “The attempts to rig LIBOR (the London inter-bank offered rate), a benchmark interest rate, not only betray a culture of casual dishonesty; they set the stage for lawsuits and more regulation right the way round the globe. This could well be global finance’s “tobacco moment”.

The latest banking scandal may have been a tipping point in the court of public opinion. “The attempts to rig LIBOR (the London inter-bank offered rate), a benchmark interest rate, not only betray a culture of casual dishonesty; they set the stage for lawsuits and more regulation right the way round the globe. This could well be global finance’s “tobacco moment”.

 

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