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Insight: Markets are too optimistic

Amitabh Arora, rates strategist at Lehman, assesses how deep and long the current economic malaise will be

A global rebalancing act

There are mixed signals for the global economy, with inflation rising at a time of slowdown, writes Jerome Booth

A race against time

Sentiment must stabilise and the system recapitalised before fresh signs of credit turmoil emerge, writes Gillian Tett

Insight: Banking inadequacies are poorly addressed

As the world seemed to be tiring of Basel II, credit market turmoil has thrust concerns over banks’ capital adequacy firmly back into the spotlight

How China’s citizens could provide a prop for US equities

Beijing should allow individuals to export capital. The US could absorb the resulting flow via equity rather than debt markets

Turn away from screens for the way to greater Libor accuracy

Onus is on bank lenders to price risk and cost of funds more efficiently to reduce the spread differential between markets, says Julian Van Kan

Triple A prices are out of sync

Restoring sanity to the structured credit market is likely to take more time, writes Gillian Tett

Insight: Russian grain could help ease food crisis

Russia could hold the key to securing future food supplies and restoring supply and demand imbalances, writes Richard Ferguson at Nomura

Fed needs tough chief in Paul Volcker mould

Central bankers do not always do the right thing, often because that would involve great career risk

Insight: No bubbles, just fundamentals

High commodity prices are not by themselves evidence of a market bubble, writes Vivek Tulpule, chief economist at Rio Tinto

Insight: Commodity prices fall? Surely not

Insight: Foreign investors shun cheap US assets

Insight: Can the inflationary tide be stemmed?

Insight: Inflation a bigger threat than the credit crunch

Insight: Misplaced bets on the carry trade

Insight: Savers have lost confidence in banks

Darker days lie ahead

Watch out for aftershocks

Swift action may not be the easiest course for Darling

Insight: Time to rethink floating rate debt

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US recession?

US manfuacturing

The latest news on US industry’s reaction to the downturn as recession looms large

Commodities boom

Commodities

Track commodities as they post their biggest monthly gains since the oil crisis of the 1970s

Smiling through the crisis

Subprime jokes

The credit crisis has generated its own brand of humour. Send us your contributions

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