Introduction The current state of the world economy is quite uncertain. Economic statistics that governments and other financial institutions use to project the economy imply that the world economy is shrinking. Since 2008, the state of the American economy has not been attractive. For instance, the United States economy has not registered any significant growth for the last three years. The 2011 second quarter results indicated that gross domestic product improved by 1%. At the same time, there
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Introduction Following the recent global economic downturn, it is clear that the response of central banks and governments is likely to shape the future of our financial markets for many years to come. Their responses in regulating fields such as credit rating agencies, derivative markets and hedge funds will be crucial in relation to economic recovery. Over the course of our essay, we will also discuss areas such as international trade, geo-political issues and the role of monetary authorities
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bubble in China. Given the financial crisis in the United States last year, there is a lot of fear that China is headed for a similar crisis. If the bubble burst, China’s economic growth is likely to slow or decline. Since the world is looking to China to lead economic growth, such down turn will have greater implication for the world economic recovery. The persistent real estate demand in China combined with the stimulus plans that were rolled out during the financial crisis have been boosting China’s
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The financial crisis which began in July 1997 in the East Asian countries, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Korea, has had devastating effects on their economies. Growth rates in these countries which were in excess of five percent before 1997, turned sharply negative in 1998 and, at the time of this writing it is not yet clear when these economies will turn the corner and resume positive rates of growth. This paper examines why these countries, which were part of what has been termed "the Asian
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consecutive years of financial losses and market share declines. The team uses the strategy map to align financial and project resources to the strategy, and to motivate its more than 20,000 employees by communicating the strategy in multiple ways and installing reward and recognition programs. It also establishes new programs to align the extensive networks of suppliers and dealers to the strategy. But after a sharp decline in sales triggered by the global financial crisis of 2008, the executive
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2001-2006. The global and regional environment is passing through tremendous changes since the start of the year 2000. Globalisation, deregulation, financial liberalisation, economic reforms, advances in technology, enhanced activities of merger and acquisitions (M&As), launch of the euro as a single currency, changing corporate governance, etc amid financial crises such as recessions following the event of 9/11 etc all have affected the operations of Unilever. These all have led to more accommodating
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Recession, it´s causes and consequences. Then, it will be highlighted the possible relation between the actual crisis and one(s) of the “killer apps” listed by Neil Fergunson, a British Historian known by his provocative and controversial views. Many economics acknowledge the Great Recession to be the most devastating global economic crisis since the Great Depression in the 30´s. This crisis is based on some factors, worth to be emphasized, such as easy credit conditions that encouraged high risk
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“The Great Recession of 2007 - Housing slump” Dino J. Ramirez Economics Mr. Dan Botich 12/3/2012 In 2007, the new housing market fell by 26 percent which was the largest decline in almost 50 years. In this report I will discuss the rise and fall of the housing market, which has been considered by many economists the “worst housing crash in U.S. history.” I will also tell how and when the housing bubble began, what factors allowed it to continue and what finally caused
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The documentary “Inside Job” is based on the financial crisis of 2008. It takes a look at all the relative players and their roles in the crisis. The movies highlights the bankers, big business, the politicians and even the academic arena and how their decisions caused one of the greatest recessions and global economic crisis in history. This recession resulted in: cost the world 10+ trillions of dollars; 30 million unemployed; and doubled national debt of US. What happened? The movie starts
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as “GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS”. This was meant to be the biggest crises after “THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1930” (Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2009). The crises have already recorded loss of over $150 billion and large numbers of banking institutions have declared bankruptcy or being sold. (Kregel, 2008) One among the banks filed for bankruptcy was Lehman Brothers, which was Fourth largest investment bank in U.S. (BBC, 2009). Therefore it is important to identify causes of current financial crises and
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