FROM THE EDITORS July 13, 2009 Issue

UNITED PRAYER FOR THE WORLD'S ECONOMY

INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR THE ECONOMY CAN PROVIDE "THE MOST PERFECT OBTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT" FOR RESTORATION AND HEALING.

In Recent Weeks, reports that several large US banks would repay billions of dollars in federal rescue monies have added to the debate over how the US and other governments are responding to current economic conditions. Some analysts have voiced concern that weaker banks—nicknamed zombie banks—could collapse as their staffs fled to the healthier banks who'd repaid their loans. Others dispute this view, pointing out that there aren't a lot of open jobs on Wall Street right now, and people will be likely to stay where they are.

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