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Growing debt fears

How worried should we be about the financial turmoil which has engulfed the markets? Plus fears in Baltimore about America's debt crisis and future spending cuts.

How worried should we be about the financial turmoil which has engulfed the markets? Investors have been concerned about the downgrade of US Treasury debt and whether Italy and Spain will become the next victims of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

Lesley Curwen talks to the 麻豆官网首页入口's business editor Robert Peston and Guy Fraser-Sampson, senior fellow at Cass Business School.

Plus the 麻豆官网首页入口's Mark Gregory reports from Baltimore, Maryland on the reaction of ordinary Americans to the US debt crisis and future spending cuts.

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18 minutes

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Mon 8 Aug 2011 11:32GMT

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  • Mon 8 Aug 2011 07:32GMT
  • Mon 8 Aug 2011 11:32GMT

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