"The unemployment rate could,could, at its worst be over 10 percent before it starts to get better,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

The meeting chairman, Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, says participants are cautiously optimistic that the worst of the global recession may be over.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

The worst may be over,". "But,it would be unwise for anybody to reach firm conclusions before April, when the normal influenza season usually ends.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

Although he says the worst is over, Bailey says the banking crisis is not.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20