All very worrying but maybe a sign of the economic times we now live in.
But isn't this the point of the financial markets and economies in general? They're always going in peaks and troughs. At the moment we're in a trough. And we've been in troughs before. Things always recover.
That being said, I think 250kts makes some very pertinent points that have thrown up some questions that have markedly been avoided in the 2 statements issued today.