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The early 2000s recession was a major decline in economic activity which mainly occurred in developed countries. The recession affected the European Union during 2000 and 2001 and the United States from March to November 2001. [ 1 ]
Coin exchange crisis of 692.Byzantine emperor Justinian II refuses to accept tribute from the Umayyad Caliphate with new Arab gold coins for fear of exposing double counting in the Byzantine financial system (actual weight less, than nominal quantity), which leads to the Battle of Sebastopolis and the revolt of taxpayers who burned financial officials in a copper bull.
This is a list of notable financial institutions worldwide that were severely affected by the Great Recession centered in 2007–2009. The list includes banks (including savings and loan associations, commercial banks and investment banks), building societies and insurance companies that were: taken over or merged with another financial ...
On November 9, 2008, the Chinese economic stimulus program, a RMB¥ 4 trillion ($586 billion) stimulus package, was announced by the central government of the People's Republic of China in its biggest move to stop the global financial crisis from hitting the world's second largest economy. A statement on the government's website said the State ...
The 2000s contained two recessions, according to the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research. [1] The first occurred from 2001 to 2003, and the second began in December 2007. Major downturn in the value of dot-com shares, with occasional exceptions (Google's IPO on August 13, 2004). The Internet continues to grow as a business and advertising ...
During the 2008 global financial crisis, the BSE SENSEX experienced a sharp decline. It dropped from over 21,000 points in January 2008 to below 8,000 points in October 2008. [153] October 8, 2008: The Indonesian stock market halted trading after a 10% drop in one day. [154]
Global stock market crash that was caused by an economic crisis in Asia. 1998 Russian financial crisis: 17 Aug 1998 Russia: The Russian government devalues the ruble, defaults on domestic debt, and declares a moratorium on payment to foreign creditors. Dot-com bubble: 10 Mar 2000 USA: Collapse of a technology bubble.
The global economic downturn left oil-storage facilities with more oil than in any year since 1990, when Iraq's invasion of Kuwait upset the market. [ 77 ] In early 2011, crude oil rebounded above US$100/bbl due to the Arab Spring protests in the Middle East and North Africa, including the 2011 Egyptian revolution , the 2011 Libyan civil war ...