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How bad could it get? (Q1 2008)

Conditions in credit markets have improved in many respects, but the fog is clearing to reveal a fundamentally weak global economy. Indeed, the financial markets are rushing to price in a full-blown recession in the US and significant contagion to the rest of the world.

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