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What Happens if America Catches Pneumonia? (Q2 01)

For the first time in a decade the world has to confront the serious possibility of a recession – or even a slump. In the United States the fundamentals still suggest a major slowdown. More importantly, the scale of previous financial imbalances, in both the personal and corporate sectors, suggests that a slowdown/recession will need to be prolonged.

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