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Subprime crisis

In spite of stringent accounting norms and corporate governance in the US, the entire economy is rattled by the sub-prime crisis.

There is talk of recession and countries, worldwide, are thinking of shifting their reserve from the dollar to a basket of currencies. The so-called credit rating agencies have failed in their assessment, putting investors in a soup.

Repeated warnings by the RBI Governor, Dr Y.V. Reddy, to put a cap on FII inflow were largely ignored Result: The rupee has appreciated like never before and several people have lost their jobs.

Also, banks take deposits from the public and lend/invest the money indiscriminately without following any guidelines.

And, when things go wrong, they want the government or the RBI to bail them out.

K. Narayanan Hyderabad

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