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Global Finance Chatter: February 10, 2009

“All the news that fits, we print!”

This is the news summary from mainstream media sources (MSM), blogs, financial professionals and our analysis. We provide this to give you a short overview of what is happening in the world based on some of this blog’s themes (international finance, charts, markets, and so on). Please comment so we can improve our selection to make this section useful.


Global summary

Markets delivered a Bronx cheer to Treasury Secretary Geithner’s bank bailout proposal. European markets closed before the speech, but here was the reaction in the US:

The Dow was off around 4.5% by 2:30pm EST. Leading the losses were financials with Citi (C) off 13% and Bank of America (BAC) off 18%. The London FTSE sold off just before its close (and just before the speech), it ended down 2.2%, Hong Kong closed even.

Oil continued its march down as well with crude futures at $38/bbl. This is probably in expectation of continued economic problems and dashed hopes of recovery.

(More news after the jump)

Politics

  • About the only news was US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s press conference announcing the long-awaited bank bailout. The announcement and web site are at www.financialstability.gov. Here’s a roundup of the (mostly bad) reactions:
International Markets
From the Blogosphere
  • Nouriel Roubini writes “The Anglo-Saxon Model has Failed” in concluding that our model of financial regulation is no longer viable. Roubini’s piece is a list of answers from readers [free registration required].

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