US rate cut boosts global markets

Story date: 2007-08-17 05:56:00
Added on: 2007-08-19 11:35:02

BBC Business - ... positive territory following the US Federal Reserve's move to cut the rate at ... The problems centre on the sub-prime sector, which offers higher-risk loans to people with a poor credit history. As US interest rates have risen and the housing bubble ...


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