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Worldwide financial crisis may only last another eight months

By Owen Thomas, 2:40 PM on Thu Nov 13 2008, 863 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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The financiapocalypse? So 2008. The economy may start growing again in the second half of next year. July? That's practically next month. Too bad about your job, though: Unemployment is expected to peak at 7.7 percent in December 2009. [WSJ]

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