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Economic collapse, also called economic meltdown, is any of a broad range of poor economic conditions, ranging from a severe, prolonged depression with high bankruptcy rates and high unemployment (such as the Great Depression of the 1930s), to a breakdown in normal commerce caused by hyperinflation (such as in Weimar Germany in the 1920s), or even an economically caused sharp rise in the death ...
Business and economy Yahoo Inc. says that it has created a committee of independent directors that will explore strategic alternatives, notably the sale of its core internet business. (Reuters) William C. Dudley is reappointed as the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for another five years. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2015–16 South Pacific cyclone season Cyclone Winston ...
Shanghai Composite dropped to a four-year low, escalating their economic downturn since the 2015 recession. [37] [38] 2020 stock market crash: 24 Feb 2020: The S&P 500 index dropped 34%, 1145 points, at its peak of 3386 on 19 February to 2237 on 23 March. This crash was part of a worldwide recession caused by the COVID-19 lockdowns. [39] [40] [41]
The 2015-2016 Chinese stock market turbulence began with the popping of a stock market bubble on 12 June 2015 [1] and ended in early February 2016. [2] A third of the value of A-shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange was lost within one month of the event. Major aftershocks occurred around 27 July and 24 August's "Black Monday".
The economic crisis caused countries to close their markets temporarily. On October 8, the Indonesian stock market halted trading, after a 10% drop in one day. The Times of London reported that the meltdown was being called the Crash of 2008 , and older traders were comparing it with Black Monday in 1987.
On top of the slower than forecast February data, last month’s year-over-year sales figures were revised down from negative 0.8% to negative 1.1%. That marks the fourth consecutive month ...
In this segment of The Motley Fool's finance-focused show, Where the Money Is, Alison Southwick and banking analyst Matt Koppenheffer reach into the mailbag to answer the following reader question ...
Health 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic The World Health Organization declares the spread of the Zika virus a global public health emergency requiring an urgent, united response. (BBC) The United Kingdom Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority gives licensing rights to the Francis Crick Institute to genetically modify human embryos to study the early stages of embryo development though still ...