My own sense is that the temporary credit has been less useful than many inside the Beltway believe.

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Do we have a deep liquidity crisis or a temporary credit crunch?

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Slim's spokesman Elias told Forbes, "we have nothing to do with that, the situation is the same as it has been for months, " alluding to the temporary credit that Slim extended to NYT, which converted into a 7% equity position for the Mexican investor.

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