Economy needs full $700 billion, and more

Flickr photo by the_toe_stubber.

The credit market thaw paused this week: LIBOR fell just a little; mortgages touched 6 percent and rebounded; short-term Treasury rates are still near zero; and corporate and consumer credit is as scarce and expensive as ever.

Massive, global intervention by central banks and national treasuries has been under way for only a month. It just seems longer when you're having fun.

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