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This is a list of recessions (and depressions) that have affected the economy of the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. In the United Kingdom a recession is generally defined as two successive quarters of negative economic growth, as measured by the seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter figures for real GDP. Name Dates Duration Real GDP reduction Causes Other data Great Slump c. 1430 ...
The following articles contain lists of recessions: List of recessions in the United Kingdom; List of recessions in the United States
"The free-fall in the global economy may be starting to abate, with a recovery emerging in 2010, but this depends crucially on the right policies being adopted today." The IMF pointed out that unlike the Great Depression, this recession was synchronized by global integration of markets. Such synchronized recessions were explained to last longer ...
The average duration of the 11 recessions between 1945 and 2001 is 10 months, compared to 18 months for recessions between 1919 and 1945, and 22 months for recessions from 1854 to 1919. [6] Because of the great changes in the economy over the centuries, it is difficult to compare the severity of modern recessions to early recessions. [7]
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Recession shapes or recovery shapes are used by economists to describe different types of recessions and their subsequent recoveries. There is no specific academic theory or classification system for recession shapes; rather the terminology is used as an informal shorthand to characterize recessions and their recoveries. [1]
Because recessions have many likely explanations, it is demanding to predict them. Some variables might at first glance be the causes of recessions, but they could also be the results of a recession, which means they are endogenous to recessions. [46] One can summarize the causes of recessions in the following categories: Economic factors:
UK: Affected early European stock markets, during early days of chartered joint stock companies. Bengal Bubble of 1769: 1769 UK: Primarily caused by the British East India Company, whose shares fell from £276 in December 1768 to £122 in 1784. Crisis of 1772: 1772 UK USA: Financial Crisis of 1791–92: 1791 USA