Soon after the publication of the Russian article, Quijada began to receive a steady stream of letters from e-mail addresses ending in .ru, peppering him with arcane questions and requesting changes to the language to make its words easier to pronounce.
The banks are thus having to disclose ever bigger write-offs, contributing to fear of recession in America both indirectly, by delivering a stream of bad news, and directly, by constraining banks' ability to lend (see article).