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Highlights of Recent Trends in Financial Markets: March 2004

Both bond and equity markets have been strong recently. Stock markets have continued to rise over the past few months, reflecting the on-going economic recovery and general optimism about the economic outlook. Credit quality has improved, downgrades by rating agencies have moderated, and in Japan, big corporations have significantly reduced their debt.

Financial crisis: Save our savings

Amid the worst current financial crisis since the 1930s, EU leaders have pledged to protect savers’ deposits. Already most OECD countries have explicit deposit insurance schemes for savings up to certain limits. In a number of countries these have now been raised temporarily.

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Trends and prospects in international and major domestic financial markets

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