國際油價和糧食等原物料價格飆漲，全球股市哀鴻遍野，分析師指全球經濟已進入停滯性通膨，各行各業均受到衝擊，經濟前景恐難樂觀，以下是相關報導：

悆Wall street makes it official: the bear is here （華爾街正式宣布：熊市來了！）耟洛杉磯時報

悆Bear traps Dow and Nasdaq（道瓊和那斯達克為熊市所困）耟洛杉磯時報

悆Global Markets Fall as Oil Surpasses $145（油價升破145美元，全球股市齊跌）耟紐約時報

悆Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting Into '09（失業深化惡性循環，恐延續到明年）耟紐約時報

悆Eyes on Inflation, European Bank Raises Rate（著眼通貨膨脹，歐銀升息）耟 紐約時報

悆Coffee crisis Starbucks to close 600 stores, but 12,000 jobs（咖啡危機？星巴克關600分店，裁減12,000個工作）耟ＡＢＣ

悆Big Job Cuts Announced at American（美國航空宣布大幅裁員）耟紐約時報

悆Car Sales at 10-Year Low （汽車銷售量創十年新低）耟紐約時報

悆Fears over US car sales slump（擔心美車銷售崩跌）耟ＢＢＣ

悆Shares in UK's Marks & Spencer dive 22 percent（英國瑪莎百貨股價劇跌22%）耟紐約時報

悆Housing Bust Hurts Once-Immune Cities（房市崩盤殃及一度免疫的城市）耟ＡＢＣ

悆Energy experts say world hit by "oil shock"（能源專家說，全球遭「石油震撼」重擊）耟ＡＢＣ

悆Empty Sky on July 4 Blame the Economy（7月4日天空沒煙火？要怪經濟）耟ＡＢＣ

悆Do the middle classes pay too much tax（中產階級付太多稅？）耟英國每日電訊報