Apr 10

A foreclosure sign in Florida. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
America’s mortgage crisis has spiralled into “the largest financial shock since the Great Depression” and there is now a one-in-four chance of a full-blown global recession over the next 12 months, the International Monetary Fund warned today. Continue reading »
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