Monday, 8 December 2008

The New Capitalism

Link to the video: BBC News

Thursday, 13 November 2008

Britain 'already in recession'

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Last Modified: 12 Nov 2008
By: Faisal Islam

With unemployment at an 11-year high and the prospect of economic growth shrinking by as much as 2 per cent, the severity of Britain's recession is made starkly clear.

A gloomy forecast from the Bank of England shows that Britain is probably already in recession and is destined to contract further in 2009.

Interest rates, already at their lowest rate since the 1950s, are set to fall to record lows as inflation possibly goes into negative territory.

Meanwhile, in the US the credit crunch has pushed the American car industry into crisis.

Saturday, 25 October 2008

Britain slips towards recession

Link to article at Channel 4 News

Last Modified: 24 Oct 2008
By: James Blake, Faisal Islam

After 16 years of growth, the British economy has shrunk and could slip into recession in the new year.

A recession only becomes official if the economy has two successive quarters of negative growth.

But gross domestic product fell by 0.5 per cent between July and September so the economy will be in recession if that trend is repeated between October and December.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

The Bak Bailout: How Would it Affect Us..?

Link to the article: Channel 4 News

Within a week in October 2008 the US and UK governments were forced to bailout their banks in order to save the economic system as the credit crunch began to bite.