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Global Plunge Panics Economists

Markets dive worldwide as new figures point to intractable slowdown

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 18, 2009 4:13 AM CST

(Newser) – The markets' global plunge yesterday was testament to a new, scary fact, writes the Washington Post: the world economic crisis is getting even worse. New figures show the economies of Japan, Britain and Germany contracting at their fastest in decades, while emerging markets like Russia...   Read full story »

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