the state of the economy in one number. Quite simply‚ if the GDP measure is up on the previous three months‚ the economy is growing. If it is negative it is contracting‚ and two consecutive three-month periods of contraction mean an economy is in recession. GDP is based on a huge survey of businesses and government departments compiled by the Office for National Statistics. Credit rating The BBC News explains that “Credit ratings are issued by credit rating agencies‚ private companies who sell their
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the delayed unemployment. Higher education is a large and various venture in the United States‚ which has impacted by the economic recession in a number of ways‚ but these impacts have not been the same and vary depending on state and type of institution. Most higher education traditions started to be concerned about their financial problems due to economic recession. Their main source of revenue has been hurt by the downturn‚ and that those universities would need to make hard decisions about
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spending more Purchases stimulate production and employment Rapid expansion may result in inflation Higher prices Harmful if incomes do not increase Economic contraction occurs when spending declines. Contractions lead to recessions and unemployment. Severe recession may turn into depression such as 1930’s. War can affect economies‚ both good and bad. GDP measures the state of
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2009 at 04:55:26 PM [pic][pic][pic][pic][pic] "Will I able to survive in my organisation or will my organisation survive in this bad time?" is a question which every person is asking himself/herself these days. In today’s phase of economic recession‚ every organisation and employee is concerned about his/her fate. Companies are trying to cut costs as much as possible and the most common way to do that is ‘layoffs’. Small‚ private firms do not have as much pressure to cut costs if the owner believes
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economic and social development is a long-standing theme of development policy. This however has not always been the case and the result is a Caribbean repeating past mistakes and compromising in some cases the theme of the development strategy. Global recession has consistently tested the resolve of the Caribbean and to this end there is a need to address the factors that have consistently led to the economic decline of the island states. This paper examines the recent experience of the Commonwealth Caribbean
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December). Revisiting retail Globalization. Retrieved February 3‚ 2008‚ from http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_retail_globalization.pdf (2008‚ January 30). Effects of recession on Business. Retrieved February 3‚ 2009‚ from Economics Help Web site: http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/readersquestions/effects-of-recession-on-business/ Field‚ Katherine (2008‚ September). Vacancy rates cause change-ups at the Mall. Chain Store Age‚ 84‚ Retrieved March 21‚ 2009‚ from http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy
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Economics 2012). The business cycle represents four phases that the economy of a country goes through over a period of time‚ moving away from it actual growth trend as suggested by Grant 2000. These include a) depression‚ b) recovery‚ c) boom and d) recession. The graph (1) in Appendix A shows‚ how a economy moves through the four stages‚ moving away from the actual growth trend. At each stage the economic activities and the total output produced by the economy fluctuate. In addition to that‚ at each
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1981; the economy was in a recession‚ almost one of the worst recessions any organization has witnessed since the Great Depression of 1929. The strong dollar was losing value and the unemployment rate was at an all time high. Interest rates were consistently on the incline during the time Welch took over as CEO of GE. Jack Welch was both a transformational and transactional leader who displayed an aggressive competitive style of leadership. He did not let the recession deter him from maintaining
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or boom)‚ and periods of relative stagnation or decline (a contraction or recession). Business cycles are usually measured by considering the growth rate of real gross domestic product. Despite being termed cycles‚ these fluctuations in economic activity do not follow a mechanical or predictable periodic pattern. A predictable long-term pattern of alternating periods of economic growth (recovery) and decline (recession)‚ characterized by changing employment industrial productivity‚ and interest
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South Africa is a world leader is terms of mining. Mining constitutes a major part of its economy; one of the major players in the sector is platinum mining. Due to its size any changes in platinum mining would have an impact on the economy as a whole and to a lesser extent the world. The Recent strikes in this industry have caused negative effects on the economy. My essay will look at these effects in terms of output‚ prices and employment. I will also look at the macroeconomic variables that have
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