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The article discusses the economic conditions of the world's economies in 2009. The gross domestic product growth of the U.S. between September 2009 and November 2009 was modified to an annual rate of 2.8% to take into account import growth. Great Britain's gross domestic product for the third quarter of the 2009 fiscal year was changed to show a decline of 0.3%. In South Africa the annual rate of inflation dropped to 5.9% as of October 2009. INSETS: Metals;Biggest sovereign CDS positions.