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The result is a predicted steep recession in both developed and developing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are fears that the scale and scope of this global recession will be the worst since the Great Depression. Such a development was not, of course, anticipated by any of the major international institutions that track developments in the global economy. 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