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Stocks are extending their losses after a report showed demand at the nation’s factories has fallen to its largest amount in nearly two years The market is interpreting the Commerce Department report today as a sign that tight credit conditions…

GOVERNANCE FAILURE IN BANKS IS KEY TO CREDIT CRUNCH, ARGUES ACCA (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 OCT – The principal source of the credit crunch is a failure in corporate governance at banks, which encouraged excessive short-term thinking and a blindness to risk, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) today in a report about the year-long financial crisis.

Australian Mortgages `Resilient’ to Credit Crunch (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — Australian mortgages remain resilient to increased borrowing costs amid the global credit crisis, Fitch Ratings said in a report today.

Dollar Heads for Weekly Loss Versus Yen Before Payrolls Report (Bloomberg)
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — The dollar fell against the yen, headed for a third weekly loss, before a government report that will probably show a deepening credit crunch contributed to the biggest drop in employment in more than five years.

As Consumer Credit Tightens Nationwide, New Rules Require Credit Reporting Industry To Clean Up Consumer Credit Files … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES—-New rules for the credit reporting industry are scheduled to become operational today pursuant to an injunction issued by Judge David O. Carter of the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California.

U.S. Factory Orders in August Probably Fell Amid Tight Credit (Bloomberg)
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — Orders to U.S. factories probably decreased in August by the most in a year as tight credit conditions and slowing sales forced companies to cut back, economists said before a government report today.

Credit woes slash Sept. auto sales (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Tight credit, economic worries and high gasoline prices combined to crush the sales of U.S. and foreign automakers alike last month, with beleaguered Ford Motor Co. reporting a 34 percent decline and Toyota Motor Corp. posting a 32 percent drop. It was Ford’s worst sales month this year, and the results across the industry are a strong indication that the financial turmoil that has swelled since …