An international accounting body is drawing up guidelines on conducting external audits of banks' interest rate estimates, to restore confidence in the Libor benchmark after the revelation that bankers rigged figures.
Can you unscramble an omelette? That, in essence, is what euro zone leaders and the global monetary policy elite will have to do if the euro zone is to be reshaped in any semblance of an orderly manner.
The global situation may be getting graver with the huge possibility of sovereign default happening. 'The US and Europe are already in a recession and there is a risk of collapse in the European banking system. Markets are worried about insolvency in the global financial system,' Russell Napier, strategist, CLSA told CNBC-TV18.
Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday it affirmed the United States' top-notch credit rating at AAA, giving the world's largest economy a reprieve after it was downgraded by Standard & Poor's little more than a week ago.
Plans by leading economies to reform the global financial system could disadvantage the developing world and risk looking outdated by the time they are enforced, a top World Bank official said on Sunday.