Now It's Even Worse Than it Was When Lehman Collapsed, But It's "Contained"...

`` Standard & Poor's US Distress Ratio for junk bonds soared to 33.9 in February, from 29.6 in January, having increased relentlessly for nine months straight, nearly tripling from a year ago... Back in September 2008, before the Lehman bankruptcy had fully registered in the ratio, but when the Financial Crisis was already gaining a good amount of momentum... the distress ratio was "only" 28.9...''