Emerging markets crushed by double squeeze in China and US

The Shibor overnight lending rate in Shanghai spiked violently to 29%, with wild moves in seven-day and one-month money. The central bank refused to intervene to calm markets, apparently determined to purge excess from the credit system, the Telegraph reports. China Securities Journal, a voice of the regulators, said: "We cannot use a fast money supply growth as in the past, or even faster, to promote economic growth." "I am extremely concerned about China," said Lars Christensen from Danske Bank. "They are overdoing it and are on the verge of making the same mistake as the Fed and...