Is the US out of the Recession?

October 29th, 2009

The news today about the upturn in US economic is definitely welcoming but we should not quite celebrate yet. The figures indicated that the US economy grew at a rate of 3.5% in Q3 but we have to take into account the huge government stimulus that has been injected into the economy. Part of the [...]

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Not all bad news coming out of Iceland

October 27th, 2009

At the start of the global recession, the Icelandic banks famously collapse forcing the government to rely on a £6.1bn international aid package. This caused a massive drop in the value of the currency (krona), making the importing of goods extremely expensive. McDonald’s have announced that they will pull their franchised operation out of Iceland [...]

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