It's not often that the wealth of an entire country is wiped out. But Iceland almost managed that when its currency, the kroner, got caught in a freefall created when investors bailed.

整个国家的财富全部蒸发并不常见，但是冰岛几乎就做到了，当投资者撤出后，冰岛的货币克朗如自由落体般快速贬值。

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When he woke in the morning, just as Sants, Gieve and Darling had suspected, the financial markets were in freefall.

当他早晨醒来时，正如桑茨、基弗和达林所担心的那样，金融市场一落千丈。

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When a record crowd gathered outside the U.S.Capitol on a crisp January morning in 2009, financial markets were in freefall, and the U.S.economy was shedding 600,000 jobs a month.

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Enough is enough." But Treasury Secretary Geithner insists the $787-billion stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law in February has worked to stop the plunge of an economy that was in freefall when Mr.Obama came into office.

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These steps have succeeded in breaking the freefall.

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But the Greens' freefall in the polls this weekend, leaves the ruling coalition looking fragile, and the Free Democrats are already positioning themselves to make a move to replace them in the federal coalition following the 2002 general elections.

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Of course, it's not quite that simple, but it does give a sense of Suarez's importance in keeping the club from freefall.

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