Showing posts with label swine flu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swine flu. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Pandemic Could Lead to More Government Interventions
from Reuters:
The spread of a possible flu pandemic could see an increase in already heightened levels of government intervention in economies and financial markets as a result of the global financial crisis. In the short term, it might serve to give governments an easy justification to impose protectionist measures that could further stifle slumping trade flows.
Sense of Panic Grows, Swine Flu Spreads
Stocks have given up their gains now, and have turned negative, as the swine flu shows signs of spreading rapidly around the world. Stocks turned down as news broke that the World Health Organization was convening an emergency meeting. Subsequent news updates from officials have tended to fuel this fire.
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