Allowing CIT to fend for itself is a rare blow against moral hazard for a government that has been reluctant, after Lehman Brothers, to let troubled giants fail.

• 自雷曼破产后，美国政府一直都不愿意让身处困境的大型企业破产。让CIT自生自灭，对该政府的道德风险可谓是个不小的打击。