Suspending Mark-to-Market = suspending Reality

Calculated Risk: Mark-to-Market Quotes: "'Suspending mark-to-market accounting, in essence, suspends reality.'
Beth Brooke, global vice chair at Ernst & Young LLP, WSJ, Sept 30, 2008"

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