Resisting a world recession.

Discusses the September 1998 meeting of the Group of Seven (G-7) nations to discuss how to handle the financial crisis in Russia. Uncertainty about what the G-7 nations will be able to do; The possibility that the United States will lower interest rates to help Russia; Why Gordon Brown, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, called the G-7 to meet; Possible proposals that the G-7 may implement.