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Statement By US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. At The International Monetary And Financial Committee Meeting

Date 11/10/2008

As we meet today, risks to the global economic environment are the most serious and challenging in recent memory. The financial turmoil over the last year, coupled with significant ongoing financial deleveraging, commodity price shocks, and necessary adjustments in housing and other markets are causing a sharp slowdown in economic growth. The largest advanced economies are feeling this most acutely. Emerging market countries have made impressive strides in strengthening fundamentals, enabling
US Treasury's Recapitalization Plan The Right Move, Says SIFMA

Date 10/10/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (SIFMA) president and CEO, Tim Ryan, today released the following statement after the Treasury officially announced it would undertake recapitalization: "Treasury has again wisely expanded the tools available to address the current turmoil, which will reassure markets globally. Increasing the capital accessible to banks is necessary given the freeze in lending and the broader crisis in confidence. But in devising a program
Statement By US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Following Meeting Of The G-7 Finance Ministers And Central Bank Governors

Date 10/10/2008

At today's meeting of the G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, we finalized an aggressive action plan to address the turmoil in global financial markets and the stresses on our financial institutions. This action plan provides a coherent framework that will direct our individual and collective policy steps to provide liquidity to markets, strengthen financial institutions, protect savers, and enforce investor protections.
G-7 Finance Ministers And Central Bank Governors Plan Of Action

Date 10/10/2008

The G-7 agrees today that the current situation calls for urgent and exceptional action. We commit to continue working together to stabilize financial markets and restore the flow of credit, to support global economic growth.
CME Group To Launch 18 New Natural Gas Swap Futures Contracts On ClearPort

Date 10/10/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch 18 new natural gas basis, index and swing swaps futures contracts on ClearPort(R), beginning on October 19 for trade date October 20.

Intergovernmental Group Of Twenty-Four On International Monetary Affairs And Development Communiqué

Date 10/10/2008

1. Ministers of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development held their eightieth meeting in Washington D.C. on October 10, 2008. Mr. Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo, Governor of the Central Bank of the Democratic Republic of Congo was in the Chair, Mr. Adib Mayaleh, Governor of the Central Bank of Syria, as First Vice-Chair, and Ambassador Marcos Galvão, Secretary in International Affairs, Ministry of Finance of Brazil, as Second Vice-Chair.
Amy Edwards Named SEC Assistant Chief Economist

Date 10/10/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the selection of Dr. Amy Edwards as Assistant Chief Economist for Markets and Intermediaries in the agency's Office of Economic Analysis.
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date October 13, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 10/10/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date October 13, 2008 (effective with the October 12 evening session).
38 TSX Issues Resume Trading

Date 10/10/2008

Due to a technical issue on Toronto Stock Exchange, trading on 38 symbols was halted. Trading has resumed on all 38 symbols.
BM&FBOVESPA Market Interruption - Circuit Breaker Triggered At 10.35 AM (Brazilian time) - Market To Be Closed For Half An Hour

Date 10/10/2008

The circuit breaker is a mechanism used by BM&FBOVESPA to mitigate sharp fluctuations in the stock market and seek a new level of equilibrium between buy and sell orders.