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The US promised to stop short of placing restrictions on executive pay for senior bankers as three of Americas largest banks took the first steps on the road to repaying a collective $45bn (29.3bn) of bail-out funding.
Geithner rethink and TARP plans boost US market
Economists called the end of the credit crunch yesterday as the short-term interest rate that banks charge to borrow from each other fell to a record low on dollar, euro and pound-denominated loans.
Credit crunch has ended, according to Ted and Libor
Mumbai's Sensex index vaulted 17pc in seconds, forcing the closure of the exchange. Car-maker Tata was up 40pc and Reliance rose 37pc. The rupee jumped 2pc against the dollar in the sharpest one-day rise in a decade. Investors were ecstatic that the Congress-led Alliance will no longer have to rely on the "Stalinist" Left to pass legislation.
Indian exchange forced to close on post-election shares surge, but debt crisis looms
As can be seen gasoline is now severely backwardated at the front-end of the curve, while heating oil futures (aka distillate) are still firmly holding on to contango.
Gasoline in severe backwardation
John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made an estimated $3.7bn (2.4bn) shorting the US housing market ahead of its collapse, is placing a firm bet on a medium-term property recovery with the launch of a new fund.
John Paulson bets on property recovery with new fund
Lehman Brothers Holdings wants to investigate whether the sale of its US brokerage unit to Barclays Capital was undervalued, resulting in a windfall to the UK bank of possibly billions of dollars.
Lehman challenges Barclays valuation
Brazil and China will work towards using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazils central bank.
Brazil, China consider superceding dollar