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Dow falls 348 as investors worry that the House won't approve the $700B plan.
"There's still concern about whether or not the House will pass the bill and even if they do, whether it will be effective," said Ron Kiddoo, chief investment officer at Cozad Asset Management.
"When you restrict credit, you restrict the ability of commerce to grow to its potential," said Gus Scacco
"Banks have a limited amount of capital to dole out, so even if you are a company that is seeing decent growth, you are probably having a hard time getting a loan," he said.
The higher bank lending rates directly impact consumers too, he said, making it hard to get auto loans, or loans for a mortgage or tuition. Credit card companies are approving less people or trimming lines of credit, leaving individuals with less buying power. Consumer spending fuels two-thirds of economic growth.
Bailout: The core of the bill allows the Treasury Department to buy $700 billion in bad mortgage assets from banks, to be held and eventually sold off if and when the market improves. Ideally, with cleaner balance sheets, banks would start lending to each other again, loosening up the nearly frozen credit markets. |
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