Yet today the Government is seriously considering printing more banknotes to ease the credit crisis.

The credit crisis is in danger of making us blasé about enormous sums of money.

Two unique features of the credit crisis will deepen uncertainty in the short term, he said.

The credit crisis put paid to that and in the past two years AIM has become moribund.

Precious metals: Gold and silver trading shot up last year as the credit crisis sent investors into safe havens.