Another striking difference in this case is how quickly it seems to have unwound.
So when those global economic imbalances are eventually unwound, it will hurt that much more.
But these are early days, and it seems that relatively few positions have been successfully unwound yet.
When, how far and how fast they rise will determine just how the world's imbalances are unwound.
Companies have unwound most of the cross-shareholdings that sheltered them from the discipline of the capital markets.
What was unwound today by the Supreme Court -- obviously you see what the President has said.
Some of that collateral, now mostly asset-backed securities, is so illiquid that it has yet to be unwound.
Alan Greenspan, the chief central banker, has kindly signaled his tightening well ahead so positions could be unwound.
Interesting trading patterns emerged on UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, where two patterns unwound on Thursday.
The doctors unwound the relationships, and went back to running their own offices.
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Cross-shareholdings are gradually being unwound, although on some measures they still account for just under half of all shareholdings.
As cross-shareholdings are unwound, companies will no longer be able to count on unquestioning support from chummy corporate shareholders.
This is in the process of being unwound, but still needs careful handling.
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Some research suggests that such high deficits tend to be unwound quickly, by a rapid downward adjustment in the currency.
Leaving that window open Monday morning caused many to enter trades that are now in limbo unable to be unwound.
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Approximately three quarters of increased GDP came via Americans borrowing against inflated home values in a circular logic which ultimately unwound.
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As she thought it, she wound her finger in the necklace she was wearing, which was her own, then unwound it again.
The M100 unwound their positions completely last week in Dollar Trees Stores (nasdaq: DLTR - news - people ).
The foreign-exchange market is hugely liquid, so carry-trade positions were easily unwound.
The analyst, Bradley Smith, fretted that "a number" of finite deals had been unwound--even though Fairfax had reported the moves six months earlier.
Promises that American businesses made to workers that enabled some of these corporations to enjoy decades of monopolistic prosperity are now being unwound.
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So, as the company slowly unwound its records, some papers from Bain continued to list Romney even though he had left the partnership.
If no buyer for Lehman can be found, the other solution would be stabilizing the firm so it can be unwound without disrupting the capital markets.
Meanwhile, the banks that have done deals with Lehman don't know when they will get their money back - until all deals have been unwound.
The safety-net fund that was supposed to be unwound, well, wasn't.
If those trades are unwound that could put pressure on gold.
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However, he said, some of the gains might be unwound toward 2014, particularly whenever the economy normalizes and U.S. interest rates look like they may be headed higher.
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The fund was gradually unwound over the next two years.
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With an institutional customer, how should long-term contracts be unwound?
Cross-shareholdings that served to foster Japan Inc. were greatly unwound.
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