Wall St banks 'hooked on emergency funds scheme'

Fears are mounting that Wall Street banks are relying too heavily on tens of billions of dollars in loans made available by the US Federal Reserve. Their borrowing levels have rocketed by almost 200 per cent to $38bn ( £19bn) a day in just three weeks. The latest loan data released by the Fed shows that Wall Street banks and investment firms borrowed an average of $38.4bn every day last week...