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It has been the greatest economic crisis in 80 years. As global banking giants fell like dominos, national economies plunged into recession. In a desperate bid to stem the tide, Governments on either side of the Atlantic stepped in with hundreds of billions of taxpayers' money. Will it be enough?
 Latest News
  RBS chief: recovery will take 10 years  
     
     
     
  Banking news: The complete roundup  
Analysis and Comment
  Breaking the bank A license to print money
  The darkest hour before the dawn? Time to take a punt on a bank
  The banking sector's steady shrinkage Why Anglo-Irish is in safe hands
  Analysts: bailout will deepen crisis
  How to spot a bust bank
  Letting Lehman collapse was the right move
Interest Rates
  Interest rates cut to record low  
  Interest rates slashed to 2%  
  Bank chief admits policy failure  
  BoE voted 8 to 1 to reduce rates  
  Pound hits record low vs. Euro  
  Will the banks pass on rate cuts?  
  Can 0% rates be too low?  
 A to W: Falling Giants
  RBS shares collapse on £28bn loss  
  Fed extends AIG bailout to $150bn  
  Bank of America in $138bn bailout  
  Washington Mutual collapses
  Germany to nationalise biggest bank
  Commerzbank partially nationalised
 The Crunch Effect
  Beer sales fall to decade low in third quarter
  Sterling battered by banking crisis
  French bank loses 600m Euros in 'incident'
  Bankers should get ASBOS, says Trade Union
  UK falls behind Namibia in banking stability survey
  Credit crunch to put 20m out of work
  British Entrepreneur loses a billion in a day
Results Roundup
  UBS posts £11.2bn loss Barclays posts healthy profits
  Credit Suisse in massive loss Citi group posts $18.72bn loss
  Deutsche Bank in 4.8bn euro loss European banks' profits collapse
  HBSC takes $4.3bn subprime hit JP Morgan profits slide 84 per cent
  Goldman reports $2.12bn loss Merrill Lynch posts $9.25bn loss
  UBS warns of tough Q4 Wells Fargo profits fall a quarter
  HBOS takes £5.2bn hit Fortis posts Q3 loss of 135m Euros
  Commerzbank posts massive losses Wachovia reports $23.7bn loss
  Abbey posts bumper profits Soc Gen profits down 80 per cent
 Bailout by bailout
  Belarus gets IMF prop UK Govt takes £37bn stake in banks
  IMF agrees on Iceland loan Paris pours 10bn Euros into banks
  Hungary gets 12bn Euro loan Swiss government bails out banks
  IMF bails out Ukraine Dutch inject 10bn Euros into ING
  Pakistan gets IMF loan Fed in $540bn money market prop
  UK Bailout - Explained Germany in 480bn Euro bailout

 

 

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Q. After two of the World's largest banks declare a return to profit, is it safe to say the banking crisis over?
Yes - all the skeletons are out of the closet
Probably - Investor confidence is starting to return
It's impossible to tell at this stage
No - this is a desperate ploy to boost credibility
No - the damage is deep, and lasting

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