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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (85115)	8/15/2007 4:03:38 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

No, but a lot less than the EBC, I think. Do you know? I can research it.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (85115)	8/15/2007 5:03:08 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Looks like $71 bn since last Thursday. Not quite as much as the ECB, but getting closer and closer to 9/11 levels. au.news.yahoo.com

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (85115)	8/16/2007 1:37:01 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

former Communist bloc, replicating patterns that have led to financial crisis in the past. An unpublished IMF paper said excesses resembled those of the East Asia bubble in 1997. The current account deficit is 25pc of GDP in Latvia and Bulgaria, and 18pc in Romania. These deficits have been widening faster and faster, and ever more is going into housing and spending booms," he said. Both Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's have warned over recent months that credit growth has mushroomed out of control across much of the former Communist bloc, replicating patterns that have led to financial crisis in the past. An unpublished IMF paper said excesses resembled those of the East Asia bubble in 1997. telegraph.co.uk