When everyone thinks of a recession they think of the great 1930’s depression and the causes of it. However‚ just recently back in 2008 the United States also felt the effects of a recession that still lingers today. A recession is defined as a significant decline in activity across the economy‚ lasting longer than a few months. It is visible in industrial production‚ employment‚ real income and wholesale-retail trade. The technical indicator of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative
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Economic Recession of 2007 William Mwangi Class title and section Professor’s name Due date of Assignment: 26th August 2011. William Mwangi Economic crisis Class Professor’s name 24th August‚ 2011. Economic Recession of 2007: What caused it and what were the after effects? Can we predict another major recession? Thesis Statement: Although the recession that dates back in 2007 is still long and deep and surely has shown some recovery‚ the potential that it will completely
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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 fear of a recession looms over the United States. And as the cliche goes‚ whenever the US sneezes‚ the world catches a cold. This is evident from the way the Indian markets crashed taking a cue from a probable recession in the US and a global economic slowdown. Weakening of the American economy is bad news‚ not just for India‚ but for the rest of the world too. So what is a recession? A recession is a decline in a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for two or more consecutive
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The recent economic recession faced by not only the United States‚ but also major countries across the globe‚ has made it tough for businesses to keep operating at a profitable level and forced many to downsize their personnel or to even go bankrupt. In fact‚ this tough economic period has caused consumers‚ whether they are manufacturers buying raw material or an average person buying food at the grocery store‚ to be a lot more conservative with regards to their needs and spending. Consequently the
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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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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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1990-91 Recession The 1990-91 recession‚ although milder than previous downturns‚ significantly affected the United States’ workforce. The 8 month long downturn‚ beginning in July of 1990 and ending in March of 1991‚ marked the end of our country’s longest peacetime expansion on record and had the lowest growth rate since the Great Depression (Gardner 3). Although the National Bureau of Economic Research concluded that the early 1990s recession lasted just eight months‚ conditions
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