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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 number of unemployed people worldwide could increase by more than 50 million in 2009 as the global recession intensifies, the ILO has forecast. [18] In December 2007, the U.S. unemployment rate was 4.9%. [19] By October 2009, the unemployment rate had risen to 10.1%. [20]
People looking to make larger purchases such as cars or homes should look into how a recession may affect their particular local economy and the effect it may have on prices in their area.
As a result, the Federal Reserve’s rapid rate hikes of the past two years -- which have lifted mortgage rates from around 3% to about 6.7% -- have had little effect on many U.S. homeowners.
The sudden rise of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 immediately plunged the U.S. into a recession. The GDP rate in Q2 2020 fell by a whopping 9.5% in the United States. However, the economy...
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.
The recession data for the overall G20 zone (representing 85% of all GWP), depict that the Great Recession existed as a global recession throughout Q3 2008 until Q1 2009. Subsequent follow-up recessions in 2010–2013 were confined to Belize, El Salvador, Paraguay, Jamaica, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand and 24 out of 50 European countries ...