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The 1815 panic was followed by several years of mild depression, and then a major financial crisis – the Panic of 1819, which featured widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, a collapse in real estate prices, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. [ 9 ] 1822–1823 recession. 1822–1823. ~1 year.
In the United States, the Great Recession was a severe financial crisis combined with a deep recession. While the recession officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, it took many years for the economy to recover to pre-crisis levels of employment and output. This slow recovery was due in part to households and financial institutions ...
The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred in 2007 to 2009. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country (see map). [ 1 ][ 2 ] At the time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great ...
June 9, 2010: Hungary. Hungary leaves the recession after experiencing 0.9% growth in the first quarter as a result of growing exports and effective government spending measures. [123] June 9, 2010: Finland. Finland falls back into a state of recession after GDP contracted 0.4% in Q1 2010 and 0.2% in Q4 2009.
The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall post–World War II economic expansion. It differed from many previous recessions by involving stagflation, in which high unemployment and high inflation existed simultaneously.
Recession Period. Start. End. Total Time Elapsed. The Great Depression–Late ’20s and Early ’30s. August 1929. March 1933. 3 years, 7 months. The Great Recession–aka The 2008 Financial Crisis
US unemployment rate, 1973–1993. The United States entered recession in January 1980 and returned to growth six months later in July 1980. [1] Although recovery took hold, the unemployment rate remained unchanged through the start of a second recession in July 1981. [2] The downturn ended 16 months later, in November 1982. [1]
Recessions. Many factors directly and indirectly serve as the causes of the Great Recession that started in 2008 with the US subprime mortgage crisis.The major causes of the initial subprime mortgage crisis and the following recession include lax lending standards contributing to the real-estate bubbles that have since burst; U.S. government housing policies; and limited regulation of non ...