Asian Recession

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This research considers the impact of a future global recession on Asia, with a particular emphasis on Japan, Thailand, China and Indonesia. While specific impacts (including those on income, savings and unemployment, among others) are considered separately in the following analysis, the writer explains that these effects would occur simultaneously as various parts of the economy are affected.

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"In the early part of the twentieth century, it was thought that individual economies were insulated from downturns in economies located elsewhere in the world. However, the Great Depression of the 1930s demonstrated that even at a time when globalization was considerably less prevalent than today, there were global ramifications to downturns in economies. Today, economies are more closely intertwined than at any time in the past, with trading blocs (such as the European Union) bringing together the economic interests of some nations. Technology has also made it possible for investors in one nation to become owners of companies located in another nation, and the import and export of goods has also increased to substantially high levels. Even currencies are more closely intertwined than at any time in history, and some countries have taken the extraordinary step of tying their currency to other more stable currencies (such as the American dollar)."

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