Due to US economic turmoil there nothing much we can do as consumer but to stay our expenses at safety level. We had to reduce our expenses on leisure and entertainment and save money for the benefits of food and health. This recession will last for 2 years that predicted untill 2010. There are a lot mortgage company filling their bankruptcy that make make the turmoil become worst. World economy depend mostly on the US market so no wonder everything that happened on US economy will affected the rest of the world. The currency market depend mostly on US dollar and international trade depend on dollar value. Anything can happend when US policy on trade turn to deficit. The dependencies of world economic on the US market make anything happen in the US economy affected the whole world.