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The International Monetary Fund defines a global recession as "a decline in annual per‑capita real World GDP (purchasing power parity weighted), backed up by a decline or worsening for one or more of the seven other global macroeconomic indicators: Industrial production, trade, capital flows, oil consumption, unemployment rate, per‑capita investment, and per‑capita consumption".
The COVID-19 recession was a global economic recession caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. The recession began in most countries in February 2020. After a year of global economic slowdown that saw stagnation of economic growth and consumer activity, the COVID-19 lockdowns and other precautions taken in early 2020 drove the global economy into crisis.
Decline in external demand: For countries with strong export sectors, a decline in demand from major trading partners can trigger a recession. [50] Global spillover effects: Recessions in one part of the world can have spillover effects on other economies due to global interconnectedness.
A recession means the UK economy has shrunk for two three-month periods - or quarters - in a row.
Its stock markets have been among the world’s worst recently due to worries about a sluggish economic recovery and troubles in the property sector. The U.S. economy faces its own challenges.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused far-reaching economic consequences [1] including the COVID-19 recession, the second largest global recession in recent history, [2] decreased business in the services sector during the COVID-19 lockdowns, [3] the 2020 stock market crash (which included the largest single-week stock market decline since the financial ...
In the past few months, as the economic downturn has left millions out of work and millions more struggling to make ends meet, many have directed their spare time and unused talents toward helping ...
About 25,000,000 people in the world's 30 richest countries lost their jobs between the end of 2007 and the end of 2010, as the economic downturn pushed most countries into recession. [175] In April 2010, the US unemployment rate was 9.9%, but the government's broader U-6 unemployment rate was 17.1%. [176]