1. The nature and causes of the global economic crisis What is global economic crisis? – The nature thereof. Global economic crisis refers to an economic situation in which most of the countries of the world go through a period of economic breakdown called contraction or recession or slump‚ which manifest itself in the decline in aggregate output‚ usually for two consecutive quarters. During this contraction period‚ the structure of the economies change‚ resulting in economic hardships such as
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The world’s largest economy sank into a recession in March‚ ending 10 years of growth that was the longest expansion on record in the United States‚ a group of economists that dates U.S. business cycles said Monday. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)‚ composed of academic economists from Harvard‚ Stanford and other universities‚ joined a chorus of economists and investors who were saying that a recession had already begun. The group posted its decision on its Web site. The NBER
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IMPACT OF RECESSION ON INDIA Indian companies have major outsourcing deals from the US. India’s exports to the US have also grown substantially over the years. More people have sold the shares in the indian share market than they bought in the recent weeks. This has added to the fall of sensex to lower points. One danger meanwhile is of a dip in the employment market. There is already anecdotal evidence of this in the IT and financial sectors‚ and reports of quiet downsizing in many other fields
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mid-tier IT companies were able to weather the storm of rapid appreciation in the rupee against the in 2007 and early 2008‚ but now they are faced with the stark reality of dwindling orders as the global financial crisis continues to cause a meltdown across countries and industries‚ the IT & ITeS sector in India is beginning to feel the heat. Amid fears of a global recession‚ companies‚ especially banks‚ worst-hit by the credit crisis have already started to cut or delay spending on information
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The Great Recession has impacted on households‚ businesses and government departments with unequal force. Some sectors have been severely adversely affected while others have escaped relatively lightly. What are the main economic problems arising from these differing experiences? Explain carefully your arguments. The Great recession‚ which started in Britain in the second quarter of 2008‚ has affected national and sub-national economies in different measures‚ causing a great unevenness in the
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The Layoff The recent recession has brought about various major concerns amongst the most well off corporations in the United States. In the case of Astrigo‚ they missed their earnings estimate by 20 cents a share. Even with all the dropped expenses and inventory‚ Astrigo’s profits dropped by double digits. Astrigo‚ in which prides itself in having the best customer service in the retail industry‚ was losing sales to cheap retail stores with less than respectable customer service. Customer expectations
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An Analysis of the Causes of Global Health Issues Introduction Global health issues have become an increasing worldwide controversy in the past four decades. The most significant health issues are communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. The WHO Global status report shows that particularly the non-communicable disease is a growing global burden‚ and it is responsible for 63 percent of 57 million deaths that occurred in 2008. The majority of these deaths were attributed to cardiovascular
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Recession hits local retail industry hard http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~gopez/story1.html San Diego County retail sales Home | Overview | The Data | Final Project | Story Highlights San Diego retail trade sales decreased 7.5 percent in 2008 when adjusted for inflation. Small and large retail businesses have made cuts to decrease losses. Economist says sales will remain stagnant in the near future because of debt‚ the collapse of the housing market and high unemployment Recession hits local
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GREAT RECESSIONS OF THE WORLD GLOBAL MACROECONOMICS Abstract The NBER in the United States defines a recession as: “A recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy‚ lasting more than a few months (more than two quarters)‚ normally visible in real GDP‚ real income‚ employment‚ industrial production‚ and wholesale-retail sales.” In this study of global recessions of the world our aim is to prepare a cause and effects analysis for four major recessions
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1. What were the major causes of the global financial crisis (“credit crunch”) starting in 2008? Examine the progress made by one country of your choice in its attempts to recover. Outline the nature of the measures it has taken‚ and provide statistical evidence of the extent to which it has recovered. Introduction According to Debonois et al(1999(‚ a financial crisis can be described as a combination of various disturbances‚ among them the failure of financial intermediaries‚ sharp decline
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