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George Osborne has bet the house (and other people's houses) on there being no new crash

The Chancellor may yet be lucky. But the look on his face this week suggests he fears otherwise

29 August 2015

9:00 AM

29 August 2015

9:00 AM

When George Osborne visited Sweden, Finland and Denmark  the stock markets of each country promptly fell by about 5 per cent. As soon as he left, they recovered. A coincidence, of course: Osborne’s tour coincided with stock-market jitters, but this nonetheless forced him to look over the precipice — and panic.

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