Credit crunch still has hold on everyday life

Gail MarksJarvis
September 21, 200
The nation’s financial crisis seems to have eased. But that doesn’t mean consumers, investors and the economy are in the clear.
The government proved during one of the most remarkable weeks in the nation’s financial history that it would stop at nothing to prevent a meltdown.
When it appeared that “shorting stocks”—or betting they [...]