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Bankers are still the whipping boys of the escalating recession

Alf Young on Tuesday: The economic malaise that has already brought the housing market to a virtual standstill and banks to their knees, and is cutting a swathe through high streets and shopping malls, is now knocking on the door of manufacturing, the principal victim in several recessions past.

The economic malaise that has already brought the housing market to a virtual standstill and banks to their knees, and is cutting a swathe through high streets and shopping malls, is now knocking on the door of manufacturing, the principal victim in several recessions past.