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Posted by: monicachenoa 2 months ago

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Consumer confidence has slumped to a record low following chaos in the financial markets, months of misery in the property sector and spiralling household bills. Gordon Brown was forced to defend his stewardship of the economy while attending the G8 summit in Japan yesterday, while the FTSE 100 index at one stage dropped 2.7 per cent to herald..