are notable in Central and Eastern Europe, while the index has shown much smaller rises in most other parts of the world …

In 2008, the global economy experienced the most severe crash since World War II. A sharp collapse in international …

1980s saw several financial crises around the world with little lasting impact on the global economy. The second mistake … was a failure to adequately appreciate how inter-connected the world's financial system had become. The fact that the … crisis originated in the advanced world only increased the effect it had on the global economy. The triumph was the …

safeguarding financial stability, with the world economy still in the process of digesting the legacy of the crisis. The crisis has …