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Further quantitative easing appears to be coming up, and I wanted to look back and brush up on my knowledge of the events that led to the global financial crisis in the first place. I found this site from Reuters: http://widerimage.reuters.com/timesofcrisis/ It offers a step by step account of all the significant and related events, from Sep 07 to Sep 09. The flash timeline makes it eye catching and engaging.
Radio package about the recession
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With Christmas looming in the near future many people are starting to think about how they will for it. However, with the current climate, is it reasonable to go all out this year? Sophie Jackson reports.
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Christmas isn’t going to be easy this year. The shoppers may still be thronging the High Street, but their presence belies a tightening of belts taking place across the country.
Recession seems to have arrived in Gillingham High Street on this chilly autumn morning, with a number of shops boarded up and an overall feeling of disheartenment hovering over the shoppers and passers-by.
The first frosts of winter are beginning to bite in the dockside towns of Gillingham and Chatham – and so is the looming recession. Figures out last week confirmed that the UK economy experienced its first quarter of negative economic growth for 16 years. But even closer to home, unemployment has risen to nearly 4,000 in the Medway area and shoppers are beginning to feel the pinch in the run up to Christmas.
