Impact of Global Economic Recession on the Livelihood of Diamond Workers: a case study of Gujarat‚ India Sarbeswara Sahoo 1 Assistant Professor (Economics) Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute Ahmedabad Diamonds may be forever‚ but apparently Diamond buyers are more Fickle Gujarat is one of the most economically progressive provinces of the Indian Sub-Continent. Diamond Industry and the Diamond Workers have played a significant role in the high economic growth estimated at 12% SGDP per annum
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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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How AIG was affected by U.S. recession: AIG is an insurance corporation that is multinational. They have headquarters in New York City‚ London‚ Paris‚ and Hong Kong. In the year 2000‚ the company held the title for the 29th largest company in the world. Things took a turn for the worse in this company when‚ in 2008‚ they suffered from a liquidity crisis and its credit ratings were downgraded below “AA” level. AIG had to take out a number of down loans and had to sell a number of its subsidiaries
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| | | | | The Effects Of The 2008 Global Recession To Third World Countries Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet‚ consectetur adipiscing elit. | Amapola Bulusan‚ Franchette Torres‚ Maxine Lee2BLM‚ (2nd Semester‚ 2012) Ma. Jesusa Avila Bato March 6‚ 2012 | Chapter 1: Background: For the longest time the United States of America is considered as the capital city of the world. They stayed on top in terms in terms of politics‚ business infrastructures‚ technology and economics. Almost
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from one of the longest and deepest recessions since the end of WWII. The definition of a recession is‚ a general slowdown in economic activity‚ a downturn in the business cycle‚ and a reduction in the amount of goods and services produced and sold. This is precisely what happened to the U.S economy from 2007-2009. For the years leading up to recession‚ a then booming housing market lead some to believe a recession was inmate. Since the start of the recession‚ the United States has tried to regain
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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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Introduction The financial crisis that began in 2007 spread and gathered intensity in 2008‚ despite the efforts of central banks and regulators to restore calm. By early 2009‚ the financial system and the global economy appeared to be locked in a descending spiral‚ and the primary focus of policy became the prevention of a prolonged downturn on the order of the Great Depression. The volume and variety of negative financial news‚ and the seeming impotence of policy responses‚ has raised new
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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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Abstract A recession is full-proof sign of declined activity within the economic environment. Many economists generally define the attributes of a recession are two consecutive quarters with declining GDP. Many factors contribute to an economy’s fall into a recession‚ but the major cause argued is inflation. As individuals or even businesses try to cut costs and spending this causes GDP to decline‚ unemployment rate can rise due to less spending which can be one of the combined factors when
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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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