Is the storm over? Credit market conditions look changeable
Story date: 2007-10-03 12:31:00
Added on: 2007-10-03 14:00:28
MSN MoneyCentral - Last week, a derivatives index linked to US mortgage loans touched a new low. Another - potentially more pernicious - problem is the state of the interbank market. In recent weeks, the cost of borrowing funds overnight has dropped in Europe and the US ...
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