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Introduction To World Economy

After the recession of 2008, the world economy is seen on a revival path since the second quarter of 2009. It is seen as an outcome of revised policies introduced in after the recession stepped in. Yet, the recovery is not uniform across the globe and is not robust enough to provide positive stimulus.

International Finance and Investment, Unemployment and Other factors influence on World Economy

The recession of 2008-09 was created by financial institutions and they were the worst hit. However, the cascading impact can be seen in all the economies. The foreign direct investments have gone down drastically because of funds crunch. Lack of foreign investments has dried the resource pool and many projects had to be scrapped. It had direct impact on trade and productivity declined in the absence of financial resources and led to massive lay offs adding to the unemployment rate.  The number of unemployment has doubled in United States since 2007. However, the job losses are mostly in the manufacturing and export oriented sector. Labour markets are expected to remain weak in 2010. (continue reading…)

OPTIMISM RETURNS
The results of the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey suggest that finance professionals are ready to call the bottom of the global economic downturn and believe that recovery should be possible within the next 18 months. Loss of business confidence has slowed substantially, coming to a virtual halt in key areas such as the Asia Pacific region, and even reversing in key sectors such as small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and large financial services firms.
Finance professionals, however, also point to the significant downside risks attached to such forecasts. (continue reading…)