The interwoven banking and sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone has become so dangerous for the world that the U.S. Federal Reserve has been forced to take emergency action, acting as global lender of last resort to shore up Europe's banking system.
That it should have to do so as Germany and the European Central Bank hold back for legal reasons and refuse to commit decisive power adds a strange diplomatic twist.
Read the whole story at London Telegraph.
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