Historians will refer to it as the crash of 2008 - the world's worst financial crisis in almost 80 years.
Banks collapsed, markets tumbled and governments are struggling to cope with the fallout from weeks of economic turmoil. BBC World News looks at how countries around the world have been affected.
CREDIT CRUNCH HITS EGYPT
ROTTEN ROOTS OF THE CRUNCH
FEARS OF A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH
PESTON'S GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
SINGAPORE'S SHIPPING AT RISK
INDIA FACES THE SQUEEZE
JAPAN FEELS THE STRAIN
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