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Interbank lending rates slip but many still hoarding cash

15.10.08
Banking: The strained money markets showed tentative signs of easing in the wake of unprecedented global action to stem the financial crisis... more

It's dollars unlimited to boost liquidity

13.10.08
Credit crunch: Unlimited amounts of dollars will be available to the commercial bank lending market as the US Federal Reserve continues to stand behind attempts to kick-start liquidity in the money markets... more

Central banks' action starts a thaw in the money markets

13.10.08
The frozen money markets showed tentative signs of thawing as central banks and governments around the world battled the financial crisis... more

The beginning of the end says the City’s top player

09.10.08
After yesterday’s £500 billion bail out to the banks, Michael Spencer, the richest self-made man in the Square Mile talks exclusively to the Standard about who’s to blame... more

Fed pumps in £100bn to avoid another collapse

18.09.08
The Federal Reserve wades into the international money markets, pumping in a further $180 billion (£101 billion) of dollar-denominated lending ... more

Crisis plumbs new depths as banks abandon dollar lending

16.09.08
The credit crunch hit the worst point in its 13-month history as Europe’s major banks effectively stopped lending dollars to each other... more

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