Les deux derniers jours n’ont pas vu une inversion de tendance dans l’\u00e9volution des march\u00e9s boursiers, alors que les informations de la presse ont tendu \u00e0 s’\u00e9carter de ce sujet et que les autorit\u00e9s politiques ne se sont gu\u00e8re signal\u00e9es par une intervention ou l’autre (sauf une d\u00e9claration de Jean-Claude Trichet annon\u00e7ant assez curieusement que les march\u00e9s revenaient \u00e0 la normale). Ce matin<\/a>, le Financial Times<\/em> observait :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abAsian stocks slumped on Thursday, pushing Japan’s Nikkei to 8-month lows, while the yen held firm, as appetite for risky assets waned amid persistent fears about a global credit squeeze.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbAsian stocks slumped on Thursday, pushing Japan’s Nikkei to 8-month lows, while the yen held firm, as appetite for risky assets waned amid persistent fears about a global credit squeeze.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbWith no signs of credit jitters letting up, some central banks in the region stepped in again to reassure credit markets. Australia added a larger-than-usual amount of $2.5bn in cash to the banking system.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbIn the latest scare, investors worry that Countrywide Financial, the largest US mortgage lender, could face bankruptcy if liquidity worsens after a Merrill Lynch analyst flagged that possibility.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbMarkets around the world have been hammered by a constant stream of news about problems in banks and funds exposed to risky investment in US mortgage and asset-backed markets.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThe subprime issue will probably take months to play out so trading is going to be very nervous for a while, said Eric Betts, equities strategist at Nomura Australia. Anyone who has a financial interest, like a bank or a fund, may have some unexploded mines waiting to go off, so people are bailing out ahead of time.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n