As credit-market worries spread, Rhineland could no longer secure new short-term funding and called on a eu12 billion line of credit promised by IKB and a handful of other banks.

• 正当信贷市场的忧虑扩撒开去之时，莱茵兰再也不能确保收回其短期债券并且IKB及其他数家银行也无法兑现之前保证过的高达120亿欧元的最高信贷限额。