Comments on: Federal Reserve Joins Central Banks Around the World in Cutting Rates, but Is It Too Late?

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By: U.K. Unveils Its Own Banking Bailout Package | Jutia Group

U.K. Unveils Its Own Banking Bailout Package | Jutia Group — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:28:18 +0000

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By: Rick R. Pelley

Rick R. Pelley — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:56:16 +0000

The bankers can certainly “afford” to “smoke” or “snort” whatever, wherever. Nowadays, there is likely more of that than ever. They need something to “adjust” reality. The difference, now, though, is that Feds people have joined the “party”.

But, maybe, they have always been members of the same “club”.