Worldwide financial crisis may only last another eight months 1.18K Owen Thomas 11/13/08 02:40PM Filed to: meltdowns meltdowns Stats Economy Valleywag The financiapocalypse? So 2008. The economy may start growing again in the second half of next year. July? That's practically next month. Too bad about your job, though: Unemployment is expected to peak at 7.7 percent in December 2009. [WSJ]