"Az Egyesült Államok elveszíti a globális pénzügyi rendszerben eddig betöltött szuperhatalmi pozícióját - mondta csütörtökön a német pénzügyminiszter, Peer Steinbrück."
"Germany said on Sunday it would guarantee all private German bank accounts – currently worth €568bn – in a dramatic move to prevent panic withdrawals as fears over the worldwide financial crisis spread to Europe’s largest economy.
“We want to tell people that their savings are safe,” Angela Merkel, chancellor, said at an unscheduled press conference on Sunday. ...
The UK and France were trying on Sunday to learn details of the German plan, amid concerns other EU governments would have to follow Berlin’s lead and offer similar safeguards to savers, to avoid a cross-border flight of capital to more secure banks.
At the summit, leaders from France, Germany, Italy and the UK agreed not to let any large financial institution in their country fail, according to people familiar with the talks.
German officials said the move was agreed because of fear that the crisis at Hypo Real Estate – a listed mortgage and public sector lender, whose government-backed €35bn ($48bn, £27bn) rescue collapsed at the weekend – would lead to widespread panic on Monday.
News of the German decision emerged as senior finance ministry officials were locked in talks in Berlin to hammer out a last-minute rescue of HRE.
Meanwhile, the Belgian government confirmed on Sunday it was in talks with BNP Paribas, the French bank, about it buying the remaining assets of Fortis amid recriminations over the nationalisation of the troubled banking and insurance group’s Dutch arm. However, a nationalisation of the assets appeared also to be possible.
Geir Haarde, Iceland’s prime minister, said at a press conference on Sunday he hoped to announce at least a partial rescue package for his country’s banking sector before the opening of markets on Monday. He declined to comment on the suggestion that Kaupthing might take over Landsbanki, its smaller rival. Mr Haarde and central bankers were also holding talks with pension funds and banks as the country looked overseas for funding.
On Sunday, the Italian bank UniCredit approved the raising of €6bn in new capital as it moved to shore up its defences against a sliding share price. The bank is set to tap its core shareholders for about €2.5bn convertible bonds, to scrap its cash dividend and to issue shares to investors instead, equivalent to issuing another €3.5bn in core capital."
Ki is fog mit elveszíteni?
"Germany said on Sunday it would guarantee all private German bank accounts – currently worth €568bn – in a dramatic move to prevent panic withdrawals as fears over the worldwide financial crisis spread to Europe’s largest economy.
“We want to tell people that their savings are safe,” Angela Merkel, chancellor, said at an unscheduled press conference on Sunday. ...
The UK and France were trying on Sunday to learn details of the German plan, amid concerns other EU governments would have to follow Berlin’s lead and offer similar safeguards to savers, to avoid a cross-border flight of capital to more secure banks.
At the summit, leaders from France, Germany, Italy and the UK agreed not to let any large financial institution in their country fail, according to people familiar with the talks.
German officials said the move was agreed because of fear that the crisis at Hypo Real Estate – a listed mortgage and public sector lender, whose government-backed €35bn ($48bn, £27bn) rescue collapsed at the weekend – would lead to widespread panic on Monday.
News of the German decision emerged as senior finance ministry officials were locked in talks in Berlin to hammer out a last-minute rescue of HRE.
Meanwhile, the Belgian government confirmed on Sunday it was in talks with BNP Paribas, the French bank, about it buying the remaining assets of Fortis amid recriminations over the nationalisation of the troubled banking and insurance group’s Dutch arm. However, a nationalisation of the assets appeared also to be possible.
Geir Haarde, Iceland’s prime minister, said at a press conference on Sunday he hoped to announce at least a partial rescue package for his country’s banking sector before the opening of markets on Monday. He declined to comment on the suggestion that Kaupthing might take over Landsbanki, its smaller rival. Mr Haarde and central bankers were also holding talks with pension funds and banks as the country looked overseas for funding.
On Sunday, the Italian bank UniCredit approved the raising of €6bn in new capital as it moved to shore up its defences against a sliding share price. The bank is set to tap its core shareholders for about €2.5bn convertible bonds, to scrap its cash dividend and to issue shares to investors instead, equivalent to issuing another €3.5bn in core capital."
Ki is fog mit elveszíteni?
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