Into a slump

It is startling how quickly and savagely the global credit crunch is morphing into a full-blown economic crisis. Stockmarkets in Germany, Britain and France fell by some 10% in early trading on Friday October 24th, in response to an overnight sell-off in Asia and dreadful economic figures from Britain and the euro area. Britain’s economy contracted by 0.5% (an annualised rate of 2%) in the third quarter, according to a preliminary estimate. The drop, far ... Full Story »

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Candace Smith
3.3
by Candace Smith - Oct. 25, 2008

I believe it was a well-written article, but I believe that the title of it could have been better. I felt I was reading more about the value of the dollar or other currencies, rather than the stock markets. It was good

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