Tag: recession
No need for panic about Nigeria sliding into recession – finance...
Nigeria will face only a short recession if its economy shrinks again in the second quarter, because removing fuel subsidies and implementing...
Insight: In euro zone crisis, companies plan for the unthinkable
When Novo Nordisk's chief financial officer met marketing colleagues last Friday the conversation moved far beyond the usual discussion of sales and...
Risks of global recession mount
Financial contagion from Europe is pushing global economies towards the brink, and the risks of slipping into worldwide recession are rising significantly.
China's...
Long list of dangers ahead for global economy
Europe's long shadow is tempering a burst of optimism that the United States can escape recession and China achieve a soft landing.
Deep...
Special report – China’s debt pileup raises risk of hard landing
When China announced a nearly $600 billion (385 billion pounds) package to ward off the 2008 global financial crisis, city planners across...
Stratfor: European crisis – precise solutions in an imprecise reality
An important disconnect over the discussion of the future of the European Union exists, one that divides into three parts. First, there...
Second recession risk rising in developed world – Reuters poll
The developed world's economies have become ensnared in a growth slowdown that threatens to turn into recession, at a time when room...
Stratfor: Global economic downturn – a crisis of political economy
Classical political economists like Adam Smith or David Ricardo never used the term "economy" by itself. They always used the term "political...
Recession, controls cut illegal immigration to EU
Economic crisis and tougher border controls are leading to a sharp decrease in illegal immigration into the European Union, the bloc's border...
SA’s economic recovery vulnerable to ‘double-dip’ threat
The ‘double-dip' recession would undermine the pace and strength of the anticipated global recovery, the World Bank reports, after NYU economist Nouriel...
Fragile air traffic recovery under way: IATA
A recovery in air traffic is under way, according to latest data from a global industry body, in another sign the world...
Defence companies post profits but concerns weigh
Business is brisk for the largest US arms makers and it looks to stay that way in 2009, but fears about future...
Recession past the lowest point
The global recession has now passed its nadir but the financial crisis still has some time to run and it will be...
Global Fund concerned about funding
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria wants up to $30 billion (R238 billion) next year to replenish its coffers,...
