Fed fears $100bn credit losses
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Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke warns the crisis in the US sub-prime lending market may cost $100bn.
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Fed chairman Ben Bernanke revives fears that the crisis in the sub-prime lending market could derail the US economy.
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The cutoff of interest payments, which is expected to accelerate, would be the latest blow to the markets as investors try to anticipate the next problem that might shake confidence.
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US interest rates would rise and the dollar would fall if Asian central banks slowed their recent heavy purchases of US assets, the New York Federal Reserve warned in a report on Thursday.
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An emergency U.S. interest rate cut last week rekindled perceptions the Federal Reserve has a bias to protect the stock market, and a French bank trading scandal has made matters worse.
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If the central bank cuts rates as expected, the move could combine with a weak dollar to send crude prices even closer to $100.
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TREASURER Peter Costello warned yesterday that exporters faced a challenging year, blaming the strength of the Australian dollar for an uncomfortably large current account deficit.
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Housing prices in the UK, Australia and Spain may be poised to fall because of an expected increase in global interest rates, the International Monetary Fund said in its semi-annual World Economic Outlook.
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US 10-year Treasury notes fell in New York before the government&#39;s sale of $51 billion of debt and a Federal Reserve meeting at which policy makers are likely to raise their benchmark interest rate.
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Towering losses at Merrill Lynch   on Thursday stirred credit crisis fears before a key testimony  by U.S. central bank chief Ben Bernanke.
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The US dollar could be losing its lustre as the world's reserve currency, a report suggests.
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Belgian bank Fortis warns that its losses connected to the sub-prime sector could be as much as 1bn euros.
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The Federal Reserve issues another $20bn of credit to ease money markets hit by the global lending squeeze.
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Uncertainty about future foreign exchange moves and what impact they might have on interest rates and asset prices is one possible risk to a stable outlook for the financial system, the Bank of England said on Monday.
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A group of US and European banks borrow $2bn from the Federal Reserve to ease credit woes, following recent turmoil.
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Business & money: Â· Impact will be more severe than predictedÂ· Consumers cautious about increasing personal debts
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Federal Reserve policy-makers worried that a credit crunch could sharply brake economic growth and require big interest rate cuts, according to minutes of the Fed's December 11 policy meeting, released on Wednesday.