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Fresh pessimism sweeps over credit sector

By Michael Mackenzie and Aline van Duyn in New York

Published: March 9 2009 19:46 | Last updated: March 9 2009 19:46

Credit market indicators – barometers of stress since the financial crisis began 18 months ago – are once more flashing red.

Heightened concern over the fate of US carmakers and worries about escalating losses at banks and financial institutions and at General Electric, the largest debt issuer in capital markets, are creating a grim mood.

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