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    Economical term ‘recession’ means a significant decrease in activity across the economy, which last longer than few months. This phenomenon is visible in employment, wholesale-retail trade, and others. The recession is considered a normal part of the business cycle. Nevertheless, a one-time crisis can trigger the onset of a recession. The global recession through 2007 to 2009 resulted in significant breakdowns to practically all the developed and developing countries. In order to prevent a future

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    2000 Recession

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    The early 2000s recession was a decline in economic activity which mainly occurred in developed countries. The decline affect the European Union throughout 2000 and 2001 and the United States during 2002 and 2003. The UK, Canada and Australia avoided the decline, while Russia, a nation that did not experience affluence throughout the 1990s, in fact began to recover from said situation Japan's 1990s recession sustained. This recession was predicted by economists, because the boom of the 1990s (accompanied

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    Economic Recession

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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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    Essay On The Recession

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    Institutions have been affected by the recession. These institutions sort new opportunities for making profit and sustaining their activities. One type of institution that has been greatly affected is the university institutions. These institutions have been affected, as a result, of cutbacks in terms of funding by the state government attributed to the recession that caused economic turmoil in the country. These cutbacks by the government affects universities countrywide resulting to them reducing

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    Introduction Ever since World War II the United States has experienced many recessions. There have been many terrible recessions that have hit this great country hard. What is a recession people may wonder? A recession is 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 economic growth as measured

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    Great Recession Summary

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    The U.S. experienced a significant economic decline in December 2007. This was the Great Recession. A recession is a huge drop in consumer spending that has a chain reaction of job lose, and lower business income. It can be caused by an economic shock. And economic shock is when products are priced more than their value. 8.8 million Jobs were lost within 2 years, February 2008-2010. Unemployment was nearly 10% in October of 2010. Since 2012, GDP and employment has made a very slow growth rate. The

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    Introduction The 2008-2010 recession is a period when an economic decline was witnessed in major world markets. The U.S. was among the worst hence pressuring the Federal Reserve to make efforts towards evading further damages. The recession was characterized by a rise in both economic demand and asset prices. Other features of the recession included high cases of unemployment, slumping commodity prices, and a drop of international trade. To avoid a further economic decline, the Federal Reserve

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    The Recession of 1973-1975

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    The recession of 1973 through 1975, was due to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) who rose gas prices and imposed an embargo against the United States. This quickly caused oil production to be cut dramatically, leaving no choice but to increase the price in oil. This recession, I am going to pin point the causes, fiscal and monetary policy the government uses to help the economy slowly come out from the recession. Also I am going to pin point the recession’s recovery and expansion

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    The Great Recession was financial down turn that happened from 2007-2009, largely because of the housing market decline. The term recession refers to any significant decline in an economy that lasts longer that a few months. Its beginning can be signified by two consecutive negative quarters of economic growth. The great Recession caused many areas of the economy to struggle, one of the biggest was the unemployment rate. In December of 2007 the unemployment rate was 5%. From that point this number

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    over the government’s ability to manage the economy. The Italian Government needs to enact fiscal reform to erase the need for deficit spending, increase the country’s growth rate, and advance their economy in the long run. The global economic recession of 2008 shook economies all around the world. Some of the largest countries saw a massive reduction in their GDP, and Italy saw its economy shrink 3%. Italy still hasn’t recovered from the hit it took in 2008, and it is still causing problems for

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