Calm has returned to the world's financial markets.
All around the globe, foreign exchange, stock and bond markets have all re- turned to a degree of stability, putting the months of volatile trading behind them.
The global stock market boom that sent share prices galloping ahead in 1999 and early this year is now only a memory. The corrections that ensued have also apparently run their course.
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