Peter Hoskin

Market Watch | 30 September 2008

Currently, the markets seem to be holding up as well as could be expected.  At the time of writing:

FTSE is at +0.44 percent
Dow Jones has opened around 2 percent up.
Nasdaq is at +2.48
Dax is at -1.17

Perhaps the most significant financial indicator of the day is that Libor – the rate at which banks lend to each other – has risen to an all-time high.  In other words, it’s more expensive than ever for banks to borrow from each other – increasing the chances that more of them will need bailing out.

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