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'''US unemployment rate the highest for 14 years''' - 6.7% in November 2008[http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/bbemp-20081205.pdf]. | '''US unemployment rate the highest for 14 years''' - 6.7% in November 2008[http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/bbemp-20081205.pdf]. | ||
'''US consumer prices | '''US consumer prices record falls ''' - by 1% in October [http://www.bls.gov/CPI/]and 1.7% in November [http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/16/news/economy/cpi/index.htm] | ||
'''US congress fails to agree on fiscal stimulus''' [http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12641712][http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec08/stimulusplans_11-10.html] [http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/stimulus-math-wonkish/?apage=6] | '''US congress fails to agree on fiscal stimulus''' [http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12641712][http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec08/stimulusplans_11-10.html] [http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/stimulus-math-wonkish/?apage=6] | ||
Revision as of 05:51, 18 December 2008
Recent economic developments
2008 4th quarter
World
G20 leaders agree on need for fiscal stimulus [1]
The oil price falls. (December Brent North Sea crude $45/barrel, down fron July $147 peak)[2].
The United States
US economy in recession' - since December 2007 according to the National Bureau of Economic Research [3].
US consumer confidence falls to its lowest point since first measured in 1967.
US output falls - by 0.3% between second and third quarters of 2008 [4]
US interest rate reduced Federal Reserve Bank's benchmark rate cut to betweee 0 and 1/4% [5].
US unemployment rate the highest for 14 years - 6.7% in November 2008[6].
US consumer prices record falls - by 1% in October [7]and 1.7% in November [8]
US congress fails to agree on fiscal stimulus [9][10] [11]
US Federal Reserve Bank's $800 billion support package [12]
US Federal Reserve Bank buys mortgage-backed securities - Bank promises to buy up to $500 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities guarantee by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and up to $100billion worth of their direct debt [13].
US Federal Reserve Bank's quantitative easing - Open market purchases raise base money (the Bank's balance sheet total) from $0.9 trillion to $2.2 trillion [14]
Eurozone
European Fiscal Stimulus EC Commission plans 1.5% GDP fiscal stimulus [15].
Eurozone interest rate cut - by the European Central Bank by 1.5 p points to 2.5% [16].
The United Kingdom
UK output falls - by 0.5% between second and third quarters of 2008 [17].
Bank of England slashes its discount rate by an unprecedented 2.5 p pt to 2 per cent.
UK Budget stimulus - discretionary public expenditure of 1.1% of GDP [18][19]
Investment banks cut lending - by over two-thirds between September and October [20]
Other European countries
Crises in Iceland, Hungary and Ukraine - to be tackled by loans from the International Monetary Fund
Sweden cuts interest rates - by 1.75 pt to 2.0% [21].
Asia
Recession in Japan - as output falls by 0.9% and 0.1% in 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2008.
Forecasts and outturns
- Annual percentage growth in Gross Domestic Product
- (forecasts are shown in italics)
Date Source Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 02 October 2008 International Monetary Fund [22]. United States 2.0 1.6 0.1 United Kingdom 3.0 1.0 -0.1 France 2.2 0.8 0.2 Japan 2.1 0.7 0.5 China 12 10 9 World 5.0 3.9 3.0 08 October 2008 Conference Board [23] United States 2.0 1.7 0.0 06 November 2008 International Monetary Fund [24]. United States 2.0 1.4 -0.7 Europe 2.6 1.2 -0.5 Japan 2.1 0.5 -0.2 China 12 9.7 8.5 World 5.0 3.7 2.2 08 November 2008 Economist poll [25] United States 2.0 1.4 -0.1 United Kingdom 3.0 0.9 -1.0 France 2.2 0.9 0.0 Japan 2.1 0.5 -0.1 13 November 2008 OECD [26] United States 2.0 1.4 -0.9 1.6 Japan 2.1 0.5 -0.1 0.6 Europe 2.6 1.1 -0.5 1.2
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