Britain Considers Way to Help Ease Loan Market (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Story date: 2008-04-17 05:41:08
Added on: 2008-04-17 20:11:01

The Bank of England and the British government are considering a move intended to help restore liquidity to the money markets by taking over the mortgage-backed assets of some banks.


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