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The sewers of Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Alabama is teetering on the brink of the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. Peter Madigan reports on how a combination of auction rate securities, a poorly diversified debt portfolio and alleged fraudulent conduct has brought it to its knees

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Municipal authorities across the US felt aggrieved in February when the supposedly ultra-liquid $331 billion auction rate securities (ARS) market virtually imploded after liquidity dried up and Wall Street auction agents withdrew from the sector (Risk April 2008, pages 50-52).

With balance sheets creaking under the strain of leveraged loan and subprime mortgage writedowns, dealers had little

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