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Britain mired in longest, deepest postwar recession

Larry Elliott The Guardian 12/21/2009

Bernanke: Recession could end in 2009

JEANNINE AVERSA KOMO News 03/15/2009
Britain mired in longest, deepest postwar recession

Britain is officially suffering its deepest post-war recession after the Office for National Statistics revealed today a smaller-than-expected revision to weak growth figures in the three months to September.

Bernanke: Recession could end in 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - America's recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday in a rare television interview.

Brown grilled by MPs over recession

Press Association 02/11/2009
Brown grilled by MPs over recession

Gordon Brown is to face serious questions over his handling of the recession and the banking crisis later, as he is grilled by senior MPs after a day of bleak news for the British economy.

Slump in Japan firms' confidence

Japanese business confidence has suffered the biggest drop in 34 years, fuelling fears that the economy may face a deep and lengthy recession. The quarterly Tankan survey by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) showed that the business sentiment index had plunged to minus 24 from minus 3.