(Telegraph) Debt crisis: as it happened, August 5, 2011
Rolling coverage of the roller coaster in financial markets as the eurozone and US come under increasing pressure to deal with high levels of debt and stave off another recession.
Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell more than 3pc in early morning deals.
Berlusconi says G7 finance ministers are to meet in the next few days to discuss debt crisis.
How the major US stock markets performed on August 4, 2011.
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