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42. FITCH: US MONEY FUNDS DIP TOES BACK INTO EUROPE

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:23 AM

Oct 2012

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The big U.S. money market funds are loaning more to banks in the 17-country eurozone as fears ease over the continent's debt crisis and shaky financial system.

Fitch, the credit ratings agency, said Monday that the 10 largest U.S. funds increased their exposure for the third straight month in September. The funds now have 10.6 percent of their holdings in credit to European banks, up 16 percent from August.

The agency said that is because actions by central banks have reduced turmoil and volatility in the financial system. The European Central Bank has said it is willing to buy the bonds of indebted governments on financial markets, lowering their borrowing costs and the chance they might default.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is also buying financial assets to increase the supply of money in the U.S. economy and support growth.

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Notice how quiet all the rest of the world is? Demeter Oct 2012 #53

Because it could. Fuddnik Oct 2012 #54