Free markets under attack

Headline: Free markets under attackSource: EuromoneyDate: October 2001 The response of private-sector financial institutions, central banks, regulators and governments to the murderous attacks on New York and Washington has been one of remarkable resilience and impressive solidarity. Governments have forged their diplomatic coalition against terrorists, central banks have coordinated injections of liquidity and interest rate […]

Headline: Free markets under attack
Source: Euromoney
Date: October 2001

The response of private-sector financial institutions, central banks, regulators and governments to the murderous attacks on New York and Washington has been one of remarkable resilience and impressive solidarity. Governments have forged their diplomatic coalition against terrorists, central banks have coordinated injections of liquidity and interest rate cuts to prevent systemic crisis, regulators have been flexible enough to relax – temporarily – certain capital standards, banks have lent each other space and carefully rebooted the financial markets.



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