Embedded in the macroeconomic data, we tend to lose the ability to surprise ourselves when we hear the big numbers; 1 billion of USD here another 50bn there. When it comes to bailouts and bank mergers, it is especially hard to have a reference. Oxfam’s Head of Research Duncan Green puts the US financial sector’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bailout’
What would you do with 700bn?
Posted in Economic Development, Financial Markets, tagged bail-out money for development, bailout on 01/10/2008 | 1 Comment »
The bailout was rejected, now what?
Posted in Financial Markets, tagged bail-out package rejected, bailout, financial crisis in US on 29/09/2008 | Leave a Comment »
When economic and financial analyst, politicians and savvy bankers are still trying to understand what went wrong, the United States´House of Representatives voted today to reject the $700-billion rescue of the financial markets. As evidenced by the events in Washington, the decision is influenced more by the political situation rather than by a thorough economic [...]
