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World economy: banking on disaster
An economic system in need of restructuring is frozen in aspic by the very characters who landed it in crisis
“There are two ways to gauge the world economy. One is to comb meticulously through all the data. Then there is the short cut – glancing at announcements from central banks. Last Thursday alone, the Bank of England announced it would pump another £50bn into the financial system, to add to the £325bn it's already put in since Lehman collapsed. The European Central Bank cut its already low main rate by another quarter-point. In Beijing, often held up as one of the few bright spots, the People's Bank cut rates for the second time in a month. Evidently, even China is sinking too. When it comes to a global crisis, all countries are eventually in it together.
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