The document discusses the global economic crisis of 2007-2009. It provides details on:
- How the US recession impacted other major economies like China, Europe, and Japan through decreasing exports and economic growth.
- Countries like India saw declines in sectors like IT and manufacturing that relied on US demand.
- The crisis had varying effects around the world, with some countries like Australia avoiding recession and others like Africa being less impacted due to less integrated markets.
- The downturn revealed weaknesses in many economies and their reliance on stable global demand, testing their financial systems and regulations.
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Us recession
2. Recession - decline in a country's gross domestic
product (GDP) growth for two or more
consecutive quarters of a year.
GDP - Indicates health of a country’s economy.
Calculation of GDP Value
GDP = C + G + I + NX
where, C - Sum of all private consumption
G - Sum of Government Spending
I - Sum of all country’s business spending
on capital
Nx - Nations total net exports, calculated as
total exports minus total imports
3. US economy has suffered 10 recessions since the
end of World War II.
The Great Depression - 1930 to 1939
- High Unemployment
- Low Profits and Low Prices of goods
- High Poverty
- Industries that suffered the most
includes agriculture, mining
- Unemployment 14.3 % in 1937
19.0 % in 1938
4. After the Great Depression, the American economy
experienced robust growth.
US recession 1982 to 1983
- Tight monetary policy to control inflation
- Sharp correction to overproduction.
US recession October 1987 (Black Monday)
- Stock market collapse
In 2001, US suffered the 9/11 attacks
- Employment dropped by 1.7 million
- GDP fell 1.5 per cent
5. Biggest Economy in the world
Constitutes 27% of the Global GDP
World’s biggest debtor country
Biggest importer of Oil 27% in 2007
Worlds largest and most influential financial
markets
6. The collapse of Bear Stearns and the resulting financial market
turbulence signalled that the crisis would not be mild and brief.
(Alan Greenspan – Ex-Chairman of the Federal Reserve)
US relies upon a body called the National Bureau of Economic
Research to rule on the extent of any downturn.
Economists said 28 states would be in recession, with 16 at risk.
The predictions were based on unemployment figures and
industrial production data.
7. Great Depression or Long Recession (weakest
recovery)
National Bureau of Economic Research
(NBER) dates the beginning of the recession as
December 2007 and the end was June 2009.
8.7 million jobs were shed from February 2008
- February 2010.
GDP contracted by 5.1%, worst since the
Great Depression
8. Unemployment rose 4.7% in November 2007
10% in October of 2009
Nearly 50 million Americans (16%) were in poverty.
Governor David Paterson called an emergency
economic session
- To push a budget cut of $600 million
- 7 percent reduction in spending state
agencies
9. ‘‘An economy typically expands for 6-10 years and tends
to go into a recession for about six months to 2 years’’
Decrease in demand for goods and services
Decrease in production and Consumption
Sharp rise in unemployment
Business Investors spend less as they fear stocks values will
fall
Raising Government Borrowing
Lower Inflation
Falling House Prices
Decline in Sales
Credit Crunch
10. Unemployment rose to 5% in 2007
6.1% in 2008
10% in 2009
Forecasting that unemployment could reach 12%
in 2010
Net loss of 3.617 million jobs in 2007
5.052 million jobs in 2009
12. The Federal Reserve, Treasury, and Securities and Exchange
Commission are the deciding authorities.
Tax cuts - Bush government proposed a $150-billion in tax cuts.
Barack Obama introduce a "rescue plan for the middle classes"
tax bill for everyone earning less than $200,000 reduced (includes
cutting road tolls and increasing loan guarantees that have been
offered to small companies)
Spending to create more jobs and boost the manufacturing and
services sectors and to prop up the economy.
Steps to help the private sector come out of the crisis.
Drastic half point cut in interest rates.
13. After the end of the recession, unemployment decreased
10.1% in October 2009
7.8% in September 2012
The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at a historically
low 0.25% since December 2008
US gained 1.758 million jobs in 2010
2.083 million jobs in 2011
2.236 million jobs in 2012
2.220 million jobs in 2013
857,000 so far as of March 2014.
GDP grew roughly 3% in 2010,
1.7% in 2011
2.2% in 2012
1.9% in 2013
40% are high-paying jobs and 60% are low-paying jobs
14. ‘‘ Whenever the US sneezes,
the world catches a cold’’
Weakening of the American economy is
bad news, not just for India, but for the rest
of the world too.
15. Indian companies have major outsourcing deals from the US.
Service industry contributes about 52% to India's GDP growth.
For the first time in five years, India’s export growth has turned
negative.
The Sensex crashed by nearly 13% in just two trading sessions in
January 2009.
IT companies were predicted a drop of 15% in growth from 30%
in BPO sector.
16. Most people have sold the shares. People started to save money.
IT industries, financial sectors, real estate owners, car industry,
investment banking ect… were confronting heavy loss due to the fall
down of global economy.
The textile, garment and handicraft industry are worse effected.
Together, they have lost four million jobs by April 2009, according to the
FIEO survey.
Indian banks were facing through a tough time of liquidity crunch.
The worries for exporters started growing as rupee strengthens further
against the dollar.
The sudden fall in the US economy reduced the growth of Indian IT
firms down by 2-3%.
India certainly had some advantages in this financial crisis. The inflation
fell sharply, faster than expected.
18. China Relies on exports to United States
China’s GDP growth slows down from double
digit to 9%
Faltering U.S Consumers who buys Chinese
goods china’s growth may slow down to 6 to 7 %
19. China gets Timber and rubber from Indonesia and
Taiwan
U.S recession leads to less Chinese demands for these
goods
Taiwan and South Korea transports component parts to
mainland - assembled to finished products – shipped to
U.S
Both Group of Exporters – Fall and Fall hard if a drop
in Chinese exporters
20. Recession Arises – Fall in U.S Demand will mean lower
Exports by European countries
Lower Sales and Lower Profits European Firms –
BMW, Unilever, etc…
Weaker Dollar – Value in Euros – Major Capital Loss
High Oil Price
Deflation of Housing
21. Japanese Economy in Borderline between Growth
and Recession
Japans Economic Growth – driven by External
Goods and Services
Domestic Private Consumption weak - Income and
Wages Growth remain flat
Oil hovering at $100 a barrel will make it hard for
Tokyo
22. Africa, Poland and Slovakia was not affected
because it is not integrated in the world market.
Australia avoided a technical recession after
experiencing only one quarter of negative growth
in the fourth quarter of 2008, with GDP
returning to positive in the first quarter of 2009.
23. With several insights on how the various industries
have been affected by this economic downturn,
some had opportunities to grow and some were
flattened.
Thus the global economic crisis is inevitable till the
economy of the developed, developing countries
become stable and self sustainable.
The effects of the economic downturn are a test to
check the financial stabilities in market and
regulations across the global economy.