FILE - In this Dec. 5, 1932, file photo, a general view as the nearly 2,500 demonstrators, cold and cramped from a night spent in their trucks and automobiles, assembled in line for their food rations at their encampment on the outskirts of Washington. Nearly a century later, the U.S. economy is all but shut down, and layoffs are soaring at small businesses and major industries. A devastating global recession looks inevitable. Deepening the threat, a global oil price war has erupted. Some economists foresee an economic downturn to rival the Depression. (AP Photo)