On the brink of a rare global recession
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The calmer atmosphere in foreign markets belied the gravity of the situation. Spreads on credit default swaps 鈥� a common yardstick for whether a country鈥檚 government is in danger of default 鈥� continue to signal potential trouble for Ireland, Italy and Greece.
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