Posted AT 9:38 PM EST on 12/12/07
Central banks unite to avert market turmoil
HEATHER SCOFFIELD AND BOYD ERMAN
Globe and Mail Update
OTTAWA Central banks in Europe and North America unleashed a powerful and rare arsenal of liquidity measures Wednesday meant to stave off the threat of a steep deterioration in credit conditions over Christmas.
But analysts fear the measures will only delay the inevitable balance sheet pain and market turmoil that is necessary to purge shaky debt securities from global markets.
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