Australia is in recession but long-term prospects remain good, central bank chief says

SYDNEY — Australia has followed the rest of the world into a recession, the central bank chief said Tuesday.

Indie music fest Coachella concludes with sets by M.I.A., McCartney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

INDIO, Calif. — Crowds appeared as big as ever at the seemingly recession-proof Coachella music festival, where Paul McCartney delivered an epic set of Beatles classics, M.I.A. ended her maternity leave and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Sunday alongside a giant inflated eyeball.

Vietnam announces stimulus plan to help farmers affected by global economic downturn

Vietnam announces stimulus plan to help farmers

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has announced an economic stimulus plan to help farmers who are among those worst affected by the global recession, the government said Saturday.

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Recessions And Depressions

  • belisarious Funny how the Federal Reserve creates recessions and Depressions. The only cure is a LEICA and of course a quote from E. Gibbon
  • polgenius #fdi3hj http://smh.com.au/business-i3hj.html Never fear recessions and depressions any more-all that is required is stimulus by debt-WOW!!!
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  • harleyharrington The Economic Recovery of 2009: Economic Recessions and Economic Depressions http://trcb.us/Dzr
  • jchronowski47 @Philknowsbest it goes up and down there are recessions and depressions the main thing is not to panic
  • sottolaw @davezirk In fact, according to Modern Money Mechanics, depressions and recessions are built in. Bankruptcy and debt are unavoidable.
  • tmhaines In recessions and depressions past, entertainment that offered escapism has prospered. This recession, twitter offers a way out of reality.
  • cryhughes Krugman is advancing the war: "Keynesian economics remains the best framework we have for making sense of recessions and depressions"
  • antoinebertier This seems, however, like a good time to recall the words of H. L. Mencken: There is always an easy solution to every human problem neat, plausible and wrong.
  • rhm2k Rich Innovation, cloud computing and the economy on my mind. Would be interesting to do historical look at rate of innovation / importance of the innovations that emerge during sustained economic downturns (depressions, recessions).
  • yixuans The idea that gold reliably rises during recessions and depressions is wrong
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