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WORLD BANK BOSS: We're Headed For "Impending Catastrophe" -- "A Rerun Of Great Panic Of 2008"

businessinsider.com (11 months and 22 days ago)

Jun 2, 2012

The head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, is about to step down after a 5-year term.That means he can say what he really thinks.Here, via the Daily Mail, is what he really thinks about what's going on in Europe and the global financial markets:financial markets face a rerun of the Great Panic of 2008. It's ‘far from clear that eurozone leaders have steeled themselves’ for the looming catastrophe amid fears of a... full story

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WORLD BANK BOSS: We're Headed For "Impending Catastrophe" -- "A Rerun Of Great Panic Of 2008"

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