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Lessons from Economic Crisis Devon in Recession Ben Neild Assistant Director, SLIM 29 th November 2010.
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Lessons from Economic CrisisDevon in RecessionBen NeildAssistant Director, SLIM29th November 2010
Dec 2007 Stock market sees biggest fall since 2001Qtr 1 2008 Mortgage products (e.g. 110% offers) disappear UK Interest rate cut by 0.25% to 5.0% Economy still growing (though we didn’t know that at time)Qtr 2 2008 RBS tries to raise £12bn & fails as share price falls. House prices fall, Persimmon Builders cut staff.Qtr 3 2008 HBOS collapses, Lehman goes Bankrupt, Federal Reserve finds 85bn to rescue AIG, house prices collapse, liquidity vanishes etc. Confidence vanishes. Things that aren’t essential stop. Credit dependent companies fold. ‘Recession’ or ‘Crash’Timing matters
UK GDP Source: ONS
Comparisons between recessions Worse than the ‘Great Depression’ Source: NIESR
GDP in the economic crisis International Comparisons Source: OECD
Public Spending Total National Debt, % GDP Annual Government borrowing, % GDP Source: OECD
Business Confidence Purchasing Managers Index Q? How would you describe your confidence in the economic prospects facing your organisation over the next 12 months, compared to the previous months? -100 = 100% feel ‘much less’ confident. -50% could be achieved if 100% felt ‘slightly less confident’ etc. Source: ICAEW
Redundancies UK – LFS Redundancies per 1,000 people Devon – Quarterly notified to JC+ Source: LFS
Employment Rates Source: LFS
Unemployment in the economic crisis 2008 - 2009 Source: LFS / OECD
LFS & Claimant CountUnemployment, SW % Working age population in Employment Source: LFS
Part-time Working % Working age population Men Women Source: OECD
Youth / Adult Unemployment 4 Devon ESBs, Oct 2007 – Oct 2008, Claimant Count Source: JC+
% GDP Spent on Public Employment Services, 2008 Source: OECD
% GDP Spent on other ‘Active Measures’, 2008 Source: OECD
Unemployment benefits % of previous earnings, single person without children, 2007 Source:
Total cost of ‘Passive Measures’ % of GDP, 2008 Source: LFS