Containing the financial crisis

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Containing the financial crisis

The Debate's subject tonight is the aftermath of the decision by the US House of Representatives to vote against the government's 700-billion dollar bail-out plan. (Part 1 of 2)

By FRANCE 24 (text)

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The Debate's subject tonight is the aftermath of the decision by the US House of Representatives to vote against the government's $700 dollar bailout plan. President George W. Bush warned Tuesday that the US economy faced a critical moment and that the consequences would be painful and lasting if Congress could not be persuaded to pass the deal.

Robert Parsons guests are:

Philippe Dessertine, director of the Institute of High Finance in Paris.

European MP Piia-Noora Kauppi, spokeswoman of the Finnish delegation in the right of centre EPP-ED group and, beginning next year, managing director of the Federation of Finnish Financial Services.

Adel Azme, head of Asset Management and Research at Lloyds TSB joins us for the first half of the programme.