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Boeing can thrive even without Export-Import Bank financing

By Timothy P. Carney
Published September 10, 2014 9:00am ET
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Boeing can thrive even without Export-Import Bank financing
Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization in Washington, D.C., on June 25. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty images) | Bloomberg

Boeing would easily survive the death of the Export-Import Bank, despite dire warnings from defenders of the taxpayer-backed financier.

By late August, Boeing was already enjoying the largest backlog of orders in the history of aviation. Then on Monday, Irish carrier Ryanair announced an order of 100 Boeing 737s.

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