Wednesday, September 10, 2008

More economic issues

DOW DROPS NEARLY 300...

Oil drops to near $100...

OPEC announces production cut...

Cost of loan bail-outs emerging; rescue to hit public accounts...

LEHMAN falls 45% on capital concerns...


Comrades Bush, Paulson and Bernanke Welcome You to the USSRA
(United Socialist State Republic of America)

By Nouriel Roubini

Socialism is indeed alive and well in America; but this is socialism for the rich, the well connected and Wall Street. A socialism where profits are privatized and losses are socialized with the US tax-payer being charged the bill of $300 billion. Continue

“Modern Debt Peonage”?

Economic Democracy Is Turning Into a Financial Oligarchy

Mike Whitney: An Interview With Michael Hudson

The best that this weekend’s bailout can do is to postpone the losses on bad mortgage debts. But this is a far cry from actually restoring the ability of debtors to pay. Continue


Why The Fannie-Freddie Bailout Will Fail

By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.

With yesterday's announcement of the most massive federal bailout of all time, it's now official: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two largest mortgage lenders on Earth, are bankrupt. Continue

US Government stages world's biggest bail out: The country's two biggest mortgage companies were nationalised amid fears that their bankruptcy would have triggered an economic collapse.

Why U.S. moved on mortgage giants: The proposal to place both mortgage giants, which own or back $5.3 trillion in mortgages, into a government-run conservatorship also grew out of deep concern among foreign investors that the companies' debt might not be repaid.

China frets at US risk after Fannie/Freddie bailout: The U.S. Treasury's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is good news in the short term for China, the biggest holder of the giant mortgage lenders' debt, but Beijing's huge U.S. exposure still poses a serious risk, a prominent government researcher said on Monday.

Markets soar after US bail-out: US stocks futures and Asian and European share markets have soared after the US government took control of mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Analysts, however, cautioned that the move was more a sign of the perilous state of the global financial system than of an imminent recovery.

Wa Mu Giving it Up: . Regulators will be monitoring WaMu after the bank agreed to reduce risks and tighten its procedures, according to the statement, and the stock dropped as much as 14 percent.

US auto industry pushes for $50b loan: Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $US50 billion ($A61.69 billion) in US government loans this month that would pay to modernise plants and help struggling US carmakers build more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Lehman Stocks Dive Catastrophic 45% In One Day

Fannie, Freddie Got Free Passes By Buying Congress

Fannie, Freddie Bailout To Fail As US Debt Doubles

Fannie, Freddie Bailout Just The Beginning

Paulson's Actions Herald The Financial Collapse Of US

Dollar Dumping Extends Beyond Oil Trading

OPEC Pumping At Near Record Rate - Oil $106

Wall Street's $300 Billion Scandal

US Seizes Fannie And Freddie

SF Bank Under Siege By People Facing Foreclosure




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