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Treasury's Explicit Banking Subsidies

Every this kind of measures is based on the premise that the money velocity can move back to the level in the old days before this crisis. If it is not, no matter how the government slice and dice it, the credit implosion is inevitable. Maybe they just prefer to a slow death rather than a quick one.

Options Trader: Today Could Go Any Which Way

Now you get it. Oil price down is very very bad for the whole market. Cause the oil price is not down due to lower demand, but due to the huge credit wipeouts. The scenario that oil price down and stock or house prices up which you might hope for, makes NO sense.