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...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: China: The country’s central bank has cut a benchmark lending rate but defied market expectations by leaving another unchanged as policymakers grapple with their...
...While a bank may not (at least in the US) “tie” a lending decision to an investment banking mandate, companies are within their rights to link the two....
...Alacrity is critical. But the potential for things to go wrong is manifold and profound....
...Any sign of relief on Italy does compress “lo spread” with some alacrity....
...High Street [The High Street] is under pressure as never before as Britain adopts online shopping with greater alacrity than any other large economy....
...And it is under pressure as never before as Britain adopts on-line shopping with greater alacrity than any other large economy....
...One way of reining in excesses in that sector is via regulatory tools, and the Fed last year issued guidance aimed at anchoring prudent lending standards in the industry....
...There is more subprime lending occurring in auto lending but I would say that is probably not an area I would be particularly concerned with....
...“I am always amazed at the alacrity with which they report their numbers....
...Bank websites demonstrate their alacrity to attract deposits....
...They have certainly failed to ignite robust new lending in the banking system....
...The argument that a European head would better manage the debt crisis in Europe, now the focus of the fund’s lending operations, is unworthy of rebuttal....
...The windscreen is not as steeply raked as in most supercars, again harking back to the 300SL and lending a feeling of intimacy....
...To add to these misfortunes, Dunfermline Building Society was taken over in March after a mad burst of commercial lending just as the market turned....
...There are fewer defaults, credit performance improves, and lending standards are relaxed....
...In a bold move to avert contagion, Australia’s Reserve Bank on Tuesday responded with alacrity to the deepening crisis in global finance when it chopped one percentage point off the country’s benchmark cash...
...A big reason for this is Goldman’s alacrity at the start of this year in paring down its exposure to subprime mortgages and structured credit, and hedging the remainder....
...“Lending-fuelled risk-seeking is in many ways a ponzi [pyramid] scheme in that is great for investors until it’s not – and when it’s not, the unwinds are breathtaking with their alacrity.”...
...Latin America has been the central axis of Brazilian foreign policy under Mr Lula da Silva and he distances himself with alacrity from his critics....
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