Sentences with phrase «during the recession of»

During the recession of the late 2000s, he served as a white knight - at - large, coming to the rescue of Goldman Sachs, General Electric and Swiss Re, while rejecting pleas from Lehman Brothers Holdings.

(This is the lesson we learned during the recession of 1981 - 82, which for Canada was even more severe than the global financial crisis of 2008 - 09).

During the recession of 2008 and 2009, card issuers substantially curtailed their marketing and raised their credit standards, approving a much smaller percentage of non-prime consumers.

He measures the attractiveness of adding anomaly premiums to the benchmark portfolio by comparing Sharpe ratios, Sortino ratios and performances during recessions of five portfolios: (1) a traditional portfolio (TP) that equally weights equity, term and default premiums; (2) an equal weighting of size, value and momentum premiums (SVM) as a basic anomaly portfolio; (3) a factor portfolio (FP) that equally weights all 10 anomaly premiums; (4) a mixed portfolio (MP) that equally weights all 13 premiums; and, (5) a balanced portfolio (BP) that equally weights TP and FP.

Environmental water in the Macquarie River reached the Barwon River in May during the recession of a significant flow event in the Barwon River during April, with an increase in flow in the Barwon downstream of the Macquarie River confluence.

The number of households in which no one works rose dramatically during the recessions of the early 1980s and 1990s, rising from seven per cent in 1975 to almost 20 % today, never having dipped significantly throughout the long boom.

Tory MPs hope Lord Young's departure will limit the damage from the affair, which threatened to undo painstaking efforts by Mr Cameron and the Chancellor, George Osborne, to soften the «uncaring» image associated with the Conservatives during the recessions of the 1980s and 1990s.

In her sociological research Glick has documented the stresses on Hispanic and Asian immigrants in Phoenix, which intensified during the recession of the past four years.

Schnittker notes that in 2006, 7.5 percent of the adult population, or 16 million people, were inmates or ex-inmates, a number that approximates the number of unemployed during the recession of 2008 — 2009.

Sales exceeding 55,000 in 2006 and 2007 quickly nosedived during the recession of 2008 and never recovered.

However the book publishing industry did even better during the recession of 1991, as data from the noted industry statistician William S. Lofquist authoritatively demonstrates.

However, the high correlation between risky assets experienced recently like during the recession of 2001 - 2003 and the global financial crisis in 2007 - 2009 has caused many investors to reconsider allocating by traditional asset classes defined by security type like stocks, bonds and real estate or commodities.

On the other hand, investors fleeing value in anticipation of economic weakness would have missed value's outperformance during the recession of 1981 - 1982.

They've never had any debt, except for a $ 75,000 mortgage on a three - bedroom, two - storey home in Red Deer that they bought during the recession of 1991.

The book ends with real world case studies that illustrate the value investing principles in the book with examples of how his firm evaluated and invested in companies during the recession of 2008.

This is something that happened to a lot of people during the recession of 2008, after which the popularity of ULIPs dipped considerably.

This particular stressor really became a widespread issue during the recession of 2009, when many employees were losing their homes, drowning in debt, and facing the possibility of bankruptcy.

Results and Accomplishments • Increased the branch's client base by a whopping 55 % by effectively employing strategic business plans • Led an intense market research which resulted in determining a competitive loophole, that eventually led to an increased market share • Acquired a corporate client worth $ 17b, thereby increasing the branch's annual deposit by 66 % • Implemented a series of predefined risk management strategies that led to branch stability during the recession of 2012

Not exact matches

During the recession a pay raise was not even a consideration (much less a demand) for most employees, many of whom were willing to take dramatic pay - cuts just to keep their current position.

According to 34 - nation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada would place fifth during the recovery period according to the percentage of the working age population that held a job at the end of 2013, compared to the situation prior to the 2008 - 09 recession.

Carla Harris, chair of the National Women's Business Council, suggests that women of color may have been more likely to have been laid off during the beginning of the great recession, and so may have been more likely to need entrepreneurship as an alternative way to make a living.

My husband lost hundreds of thousands of dollars when the construction contractors who owed him money went bankrupt during the recession a decade ago.

Casino operators agreed to raise wages during the last round of negotiations in 2013 as the city was coming out of the recession.

Some of the best businesses have launched during a recession.

«Importantly, the series also shows a sharp decline in the flows of illegal immigration at the U.S. - Mexico border during the last recession, and those flows have remained at historically low levels since then.»

Government bailouts of the financial industry, and the rising deficits that accompanied them, fueled political anger during and after the Great Recession.

This buying and reselling of debt is partly what got the banks into trouble during the recession, which is one reason regulators now force financial institutions to keep more capital on their balance sheets.

This is because the Great Recession has rewritten the rules of what can happen — and how central banks can respond — during financial crises.

The North American tradition of presenting diamond engagement rings has now spread to China's massive middle class too, and, after taking a hit during the recession, the American luxury economy is rebounding.

A lot of companies that shed employees during the recession have opted not to staff up again, leaving work teams indefinitely stretched.

Most of the provinces had a tough go of it during the Great Recession.

In 2008 and 2009, during the depths of the recession, Charney opened roughly 100 stores and struggled with debt.

Ontario could be accused of hypocrisy, as its manufacturers decried so - called Buy American provisions in U.S. stimulus efforts during the recession.

Reaching customers became easier during the recession as the cost of advertising time dropped, meaning companies could buy more ads.

While the Crocs brand suffered during the recession, much of this was contained in the U.S. market.

Well, here's a fact that may change your mind: Apple had the most profitable year ever during what we call the biggest global recession of all times.

First, women made big concessions in spending during the recession, and women make 70 percent of the purchases.

For the sake of comparison, consider this: During the first quarter of Obama's second term in 2013, foreign travel to the U.S. increased 6.4 % and in the first three months of 2009, at the beginning of his first term and the global recession, it was down 14.3 %.

While Clinton didn't have to deal with any significant economic downturn during his presidency, Reagan saw a recession in the early part of his first term.

Part of the explanation lies in CP's profits falling dramatically during the recession.

Worse, PBO head Kevin Page claimed that the bulk of this deficit was «structural» — that is, not a consequence of the stimulus spending and automatic stabilizers that kicked in during the recession.

Not only did the vast majority Americans» net - worth tumble during the recession, for 93 % of households, it continued to slide during the first two years of the recovery as well, a recent study by the Pew Research Center found.

According to mutual fund tracking company Morningstar, during nine previous recessions dating back to 1957, the TSX composite index fell an average of 31.8 %.

Sales were hit hard during the recent recession — they plunged 40 percent, leading to an unprecedented round of layoffs and voluntary separations.

While men sustained more than 70 % of the job losses during the recession, new numbers from the National Bureau of Economic Research in the U.S. suggest that through 2010, male employment rates increased and eventually surpassed those of women.

While originally plagued with production issues — there was a recession at the beginning of construction, allegations of British spying in the middle, and technical issues toward the end — the carrier was deployed to the Indian Ocean during Operation Enduring Freedom and the initial liberation of Afghanistan.

The number of small - business loans fell dramatically during the recession, as big banks cut off credit to customers they considered risky and many smaller and regional banks that once lent to local business owners shut their doors.

Some of this increase is due to a rise in manufacturing and construction jobs (fields dominated by men), which were the hardest hit in the U.S. during the recession.

«Some of this comeback simply has to do with an improving economy and a value - conscious consumer — the cheapness people learned during the [2008] recession, that new frugality I talk about, won't be disappearing any time soon,» Cramer said.

Still, much of the brisk business overall reflected the abundance of deals, showing that shoppers are as bargain - hungry now as they were during in the first years after the Great Recession, if not more.