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The 1948 recession was a brief economic downturn; forecasters of the time expected much worse, perhaps influenced by the poor economy in their recent lifetimes. [62] The recession also followed a period of monetary tightening. [40] Recession of 1953: July 1953 – May 1954 10 months 3 years 9 months 6.1% (September 1954) −2.6%
Canada's economy is considered to have been in recession for two full years in the early 1990s, specifically from April 1990 to April 1992. [7] [8] [a] Canada's recession began about four months before that of the US, and was deeper, likely because of higher inflationary pressures in Canada, which prompted the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates to levels 5 to 6 percentage points higher ...
A recession is generally defined as two successive quarters of negative economic growth. List of Recessions in Canada; Name Start End The Great Depression: April 1929
Canada's last housing busts happened during the early 1990s recession, when Canada was facing low commodity prices, [16] a large national debt and deficit that was weakening the value of the Canadian dollar, the possibility of Quebec independence, and a recession in Canada's main trading partner, the United States.
Developing global financial crisis. Beginning with bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers at midnight Monday, September 15, 2008, the financial crisis entered an acute phase marked by failures of prominent American and European banks and efforts by the American and European governments to rescue distressed financial institutions, in the United States by ...
The recession did not show up until 2009, but the recession already slowed down in 2008. The country had a positive growth of 1.5% in 2008 compared to a 3.3% in 2007, by 2009 the economy had shrunk by 6.5%, a percentage bigger than that of the 1994-1995 crisis [18] and the largest in almost eight decades and registering an inflation of 3.57% [19]
3. 1988 Happy Holidays Barbie. Barbies have been around for decades, but there are a few from the 1980s that are worth a pile of cash. The 1988 Happy Holidays Barbie is worth an estimated $2,000 ...
The economy of Canada is a highly developed mixed economy, [34] [35] [36] with the world's tenth-largest economy as of 2023, and a nominal GDP of approximately US$ 2.117 trillion. [6] Canada is one of the world's largest trading nations, with a highly globalized economy. [37]