Credit flow hinges on big-bank 'stress-test' 
Commentary: Workouts won't stop 'inevitable foreclosures'
By Lou Barnes, Friday, February 20, 2009.
Flickr photo by Vibragiel.Weakness overseas has overtaken the U.S. economy as the chief worry in financial markets -- knocking the knees from under the stock market -- but in perverse benefit has made it easier for the Treasury to borrow and held mortgages below 5 percent.
That shift in fear center this week has created the misimpression that markets actively dislike Obama's financial rescue plans.
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