The European Central Bank is indebted to the hilt and is beginning to look like one of the banks it has done so much to save.
Having subsidized the European banking industry with its 1 trillion euro ($1.29 trillion) long-term refinancing operation (LTRO), funds that were distributed at well below market prices, the central bank is leveraged to levels Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers might have felt comfortable with in early 2007.
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Most commodity prices fell broadly
Commodity prices fell broadly as a plan to fix Greece’s crippling debt crisis remained far from settled, renewing concerns about global economic growth.
Central banks join forces to ease financial strains
Some of the world’s biggest central banks have announced a programme of co-ordinated action designed to support the global financial system.
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Stocks Higher on Wall Street
Positive economic data spurs a rise in the stock indexes
Stocks rose on Thursday December 22nd putting the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index on the cusp of finishing out the year higher as another decline in jobless claims pointed to further improvement in the labor market.