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Nạn nhân sau Mỹ, Iceland, Hàn Quốc sẽ là Canada!


Canada says banks need funds, seeks new G7 talks
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By Randall Palmer

OTTAWA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian government sees no need to bail out its banks, but it said on Thursday it is looking at ways to ease "severe restrictions" in lending and it also called for a second G7 finance ministers meeting.

"I have concerns about the availability of credit," Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told a news conference. "Interbank lending has been virtually frozen globally."

He said he has no question about the solvency of Canada''s banks but said that deterioration in credit markets was beginning to squeeze their ability to raise longer-term funds and the government was looking at steps to alleviate the problem.

Flaherty said this weekend''s meeting of finance ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations will be the most serious such gathering since he took office in 2006 and that the meeting will strengthen a coordinated response.

It will identify additional steps to get at the root causes of the financial turbulence, he said.

"Given that the turmoil is likely to continue, I have called for G7 finance ministers to meet a second time in the coming weeks to ensure the active implementation of these measures," Flaherty told a news conference.

Canada also strongly backs France''s call for a G7 summit. The political will exists for such a meeting and this weekend would be the time to look at when it could be scheduled, he said.

"There''s nothing more important going on right now in terms of the lives of people and preserving jobs and preserving investments than this credit crisis and it needs to be resolved. And, appropriately, Prime Minister (Stephen) Harper and other world leaders are giving it the highest priority."

Flaherty said credit has tightened markedly since Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said on Sept. 25 that there was no evidence until then of unusual credit restrictions.

"You know, I speak with our bankers and, of course, I''ve been briefed regularly and I speak with my colleagues internationally and there''s no question that the credit tightening has increased," he said.

Short-term funding is available, he added. "The Bank of Canada has helped with that but there are severe restrictions with respect to longer-term lending. And that''s where we get into concerns about the availability of credit in Canada.

"This is not a problem that originated in Canada but the spillover effect can, if there''s not adequate liquidity in the system, can make it difficult for Canadians to obtain credit."

The Globe and Mail newspaper reported that one plan being considered is for the government''s Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp to establish a term-lending facility under which it would absorb some of the Canadian banks'' mortgages.

Asked to confirm he was working on such a plan, he said: "Yes, we are looking at additional steps that could be taken," but he declined later to confirm specifically he was considering CMHC involvement.

Pressed on whether such a plan would amount to a bailout, he said: "We are not looking at a rescue package for banks... We are not looking at creating any additional risk for taxpayers'' money in Canada by bailing out banks. What we are looking at are measures that would increase liquidity in the Canadian market which would help ensure the availability of credit for Canadian homeowners, for Canadian businesses, for car loans, for credit generally."

He stressed that he had "absolutely no concern about the health of our Canadian financial institutions." A World Economic Forum report on Thursday said Canada has the soundest banking system in the world. (Reporting by Randall Palmer; Editing by Peter Galloway) ((randall.palmer@thomsonreuters.com; +1-613-235-6745; Reuters Messaging: randall.palmer.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: FINANCIAL/CANADA FLAHERTY

Hôm nay Iceland đã chính thức phá sản!


Iceland phá sản - chính phủ buông tay chờ IMF

Các chuyên gia kinh tế cho rằng, Iceland đã phá sản, trở thành nạn nhân mang tầm quốc gia đầu tiên của cuộc khủng hoảng tài chính toàn cầu. Hôm qua, Iceland đã buộc phải tiến hành quốc hữu hóa và tiếp quản ngân hàng độc lập lớn nhất quốc đảo này. Ngay sau khi tiếp quản ngân hàng, Chính phủ Iceland cũng đã cho đóng cửa luôn thị trường tài chính. Những động thái này của Chính phủ Iceland đồng nghĩa với việc chấm dứt lưu thông đồng nội tệ của nước này và tất nhiên các ngân hàng trên thế giới cũng lập tức ngừng giao dịch đồng Krona - đồng nội tệ của Iceland, mặc dù đồng tiền này có giá rẻ như cho.



Trước đó, chính Thủ tướng Iceland Geir Haarde đã cảnh báo nguy cơ phá sản cấp quốc gia của Iceland. Giáo sư Arsaell Valfells của Đại học Iceland thì nhận xét: ?oIceland đã phá sản. Đồng Krona của nước này đã trở thành dĩ vãng. Quỹ Tiền tệ Quốc tế (IMF) sẽ phải giải cứu Iceland?.

Đối với Chính phủ Iceland, cho tới lúc này sẽ không còn lựa chọn nào khác ngoài việc cầu cứu IMF.

Hôm qua (10/10), Thủ tướng Anh - Ông Gordon Brown đã tuyên bố có thể sẽ đóng băng tài sản các công ty của Iceland ở Anh vì Iceland không bảo đảm tiền gửi cho các khách hàng nước ngoài trong các ngân hàng ở Iceland.

Hiện nay, giữa Anh và Iceland vẫn còn đang tranh cãi rất gay gắt về việc nước nào sẽ chịu trách nhiệm về tài sản và tiền gửi của dân chúng và doanh nghiệp của một trong hai nước ở nước kia. Sau khi Iceland tiến hành quốc hữu hóa các ngân hàng hàng đầu của nước này, tại đó mắc kệt rất nhiều tài khoản tiền gửi của dân chúng nước Anh.

Bọn Ai-xờ-lơn ngu quá.. vác sách sang anh Kế dạy cho. Làm sao mà phải phá sản ???

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Euro falls on reports Ireland may need IMF help
LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The euro slid more than a cent against the dollar on Wednesday, with traders citing a report that Ireland''s Prime Minister said IMF help may be needed if its economic downturn worsens.

The Irish/German 10-year government bond spread widened slightly to over 175 basis points. Traders cited a report on Bloomberg, quoting Irish news channel RTE.

By 0904 GMT, the euro had fallen more than a cent from session highs hit earlier to $1.3200 <EUR=>, extending losses after weak Italian induatrial output data. The euro also hit a session low against sterling <EURGBP=>.

"This is certainly a negative for the euro," Brown Brothers Harriman currency analyst Audrey Childe-Freeman said.

"So far it has only been emerging economies that have been asking for help and if one of the euro zone countries moved in that direction it would affect credibility and weigh on the currency," she said.

Irish government bonds slightly underperformed benchmark German Bunds following the report, pushing the 10-year Irish/Bund spread marginally wider to 175.4 basis points from 172 basis points.

The spread had been widening in the last few days and hit a historic wide near 177 basis points on Tuesday after Standard & Poors last Friday said it may cut Ireland''s AAA sovereign debt rating due to buckling public finances.

(Reporting by London Treasury Team) ((RM:veronica.brown.reuters.com@reuters.net; Tel: +44 207 542 6745))

Keywords: MARKETS FOREX/EURO