The credit crunch is leading to what looks like becoming a deep and widespread recession around the world. The World Today took a look at five different areas and how they might be affected.
As George Bush prepares to host the G20 summit to discuss the global financial crisis, the World Today has brought together a group of ordinary people from around the world.
BBC reporters in New York, Shanghai and Sydney on how the global economic crisis is impacting the world's famous cities - as the crunch starts to hit real businesses outside of the financial markets.
