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Written by Jawwad Ahmad   
The USA Treasury was out announcing its bailout du jour yesterday, this time a package was aimed at going directly to the consumer with credit relief in the form of a special facility of US$200 billion that would be backed by the Fed and the Treasury.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:33
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Fed ready for zero-interest-rate-policy! | Print |  E-mail
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Written by Jawwad Ahmad   
The US Dollar saw a deep spell of weakening yesterday after the Fed's Mr. Kohn was out telling the market that the Fed is already engaging in quantitative easing. A technique of flooding the market with liquidity and a tool that Central Banks employ when Central Bank rates have already essentially reached zero. This was the same tactic that the Bank of Japan employed in recent years when it had a zero-interest-rate-policy (ZIRP).
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 15:36
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Japan's Economy in Recession | Print |  E-mail
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imageThe world's second largest, Japan's economy entered its first recession since 2001 last quarter. The economists and the government say conditions may get even worse. GDP shrank an annualized 0.4 percent in the 3 months ended Sept. 30, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo. Leading economists predicted the economy would grow 0.1 percent after contracting a revised 3.7 percent in the previous period.
Last Updated on Monday, 17 November 2008 18:28
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G-20 Calls for Action on Growth... | Print |  E-mail
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imageLeaders from the leading developed and emerging countries agreed to further steps to shore up a global economy sliding into recession, and laid out regulatory proposals to prevent a recurrence of the financial crisis.

Last Updated on Monday, 17 November 2008 18:27
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