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Buffett warns on US recession

By Krishna Guha in Washington and Michael Mackenzie in New York

Published: March 3 2008 20:46 | Last updated: March 3 2008 21:08

The US is in recession by “any common sense definition” of the word, the country’s most successful investor said on Monday.

Warren Buffett told CNBC that while the US might not have met the formal tests of recession, “most people’s situation – certainly their net worth – has been heading south for a while now”.

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