"Ben, meet Ms. Deflation, Ms. Deflation meet Ben .."

Unser alter Freund und Zwetschgenröster, Gospodin Ben Bernanke, übt sich laut heutigem Bloomberg-Zitat schon mal kräftig in Deflationsdingen, zumindest was Wortschatz und grundlegende Tendenzen angeht:

"Lenders tell us that they are reluctant to write down principal," Bernanke said. "They say that if they were to write down the principal and house prices were to fall further, they could feel pressured to write down principal again." (Bloomberg.com, "Bernanke urges ...")

Oh, oh, oh, Bennibär ... das klingt aber schon ganz dramatico, fehlt ja nur noch das Wörtchen "downward spiral" ...

Und wie wir heute von Prinz Abn Bin Hal Salam bin Hadschi Olaf usw. (ebenfalls bei Bloomberg) erfahren haben, stehen Citi und Co. auch schon ohne Ben's Poesiebucheintrag die Wasser bis Oberkante Unterlippe, und da müßen eh nochmal ein paar Milliarden von (ja, woher eigentlich?) fliessen, damit der erst mal wieder Entwarnung angesagt ist ...

Nee, ich fürchte, das sieht nicht gut aus ...

Hi weissgarnix,

da läuft passend dazu das:

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones) -- Mideast sovereign wealth funds may fail to save troubled U.S. banking giant Citigroup Inc. unless more cash is pumped into the lender, the head of a $13 billion Dubai-owned investment firm said Tuesday.

Sameer Al Ansari, Chief Executive of Dubai International Capital told delegates at a private equity conference that it will take more than the combined efforts of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the Kuwait Investment Authority and Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to save the bank.

"It's going to take more than that to rescue Citi," Ansari said. He added that more write downs are expected and that Gulf investors would be required to bolster Citi.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, or ADIA, a sovereign wealth fund owned by the world's fourth-largest oil exporter, last year bought a 4.9% stake in Citigroup.

The Kuwait Investment Authority also said in January it would invest $3 billion in Citigroup.

Al Ansari said "it would take a lot more money to rescue Citigroup." A spokesperson for Citi was unable to comment immediately when called Tuesday.

Nee, ich fürchte, das sieht nicht gut aus ...

So isses + Gruß!