Another year of living dangerouslyTurmoil in the Middle East and disaster in Japan arouse economic angst. Central banks must not make it worse THIS was supposed to be a stress-free year for the global economy. By January the financial crisis had faded and Europe's sovereign-debt crisis seemed less acute. America's economy was resurgent. Investors piled into equities and sold some of the government
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