TOKYO: A flood of central bank cash failed to thaw frozen money markets yesterday, stirring speculation the world’s richest countries may have to cut interest rates together to prod banks into lending to each other.
Money markets, already shuddering at the upheaval on Wall Street, were virtually paralysed after US lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a US$700bil rescue plan for banks on Monday.
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