22.11.07

La OCDE señala que las pérdidas por la crisis de "crédito" podrían ascender a $300 mil millones de dólares

Esto, sumado a los más de $600 mil millones ya "inyectados" a los mercados mundiales, suman MAS DE UN BILLON DE DOLARES sólo en lo que concierne a créditos hipotecarios. Y falta sumar lo que costará el "daño colateral" de esta crisis, no vista desde la gran depresión. ¿Y todo este dinero "inyectado" de dónde proviene? Claro, de los impuestos.
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Losses from U.S. subprime mortgage foreclosures, coupled with slowing economic growth and falling house prices, could reach as much as $300 billion, the OECD said.

Global stock markets have lost $2.9 trillion since Oct. 31 and the collapse of the subprime market in the U.S. has triggered about $50 billion in writedowns among the world's largest banks. The U.S. dollar could also face further downward pressure as overseas investors who previously bought structured products based on subprime loans become more unwilling to buy higher-yielding debt, the OECD said.

``Recent economic news points towards a more protracted economic adjustment,'' the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report released yesterday in Paris. ``A recession in the U.S. is now seen as more likely than before by some observers.''

The number of economists forecasting a U.S. recession almost doubled in the past two months, according to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics.

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