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Tutorials ^[?]

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Tutorials relating to the topic of Recession of 2009.

The United States economy

Percentage change at an annual rate ^[1]

	2007	2008 I	2008 II	2008 III	2008 IV
GDP	2.3	0.9	2.8	-0.5	-6.2
Consumption	2.2	0.9	1.2	-3.8	-4.3
Business investment	6.4	2.4	2.5	-1.7	-21.0
Residential construction	-19.0	-25.5	-13.3	-16.1	-22.2

(Source: US Department of the Treasury [1])

The United Kingdom economy

Percentage change at an annual rate ^[1]

	2007	2008 I	2008 II	2008 III	2008 IV
GDP	3.0	1.6	0.0	-2.8	-6.0
Household expenditure	3.3	3.8	-1.0	-0.8	-2.8
Fixed capital investment	7.2	-11.0	-5.0	-13.8	-8.9

(Source UK National Statistics [2])

Public Debt % of GDP

(2007 estimates)

Japan	Italy	Greece	France	United States	Netherlands	United Kingdom	Denmark	Ireland	China	Australia
170	104	89.5	63.9	60.8	45.5	43.6	26	24.9	18.4	15.6

(Source: CIA World Factbook [3])

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 |GDP
 |align="center"|   3.0
-|align="center"|   0.4
+|align="center"|   1.6
 |align="center"|   0.0
-|align="center"|  -0.7
+|align="center"|  -2.8
-|align="center"|  -1.5
+|align="center"|  -6.0
 |
 |-
 |Household expenditure
 |align="center"|   3.3
-|align="center"|   0.9
+|align="center"|   3.8
-|align="center"|  -0.3
+|align="center"|  -1.0
-|align="center"|  -0.2
+|align="center"|  -0.8
-|align="center"|  -0.7
+|align="center"|  -2.8
 |
 |-
 |Fixed capital investment
 |align="center"|   7.2
-|align="center"|  -2.9
+|align="center"|  -11.0
-|align="center"|  -1.3
+|align="center"|  -5.0
-|align="center"|  -3.6
+|align="center"|  -13.8
-|align="center"|  -2.3
+|align="center"|  -8.9
 |}
 ::::::::(Source UK National Statistics [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/tsdownload.asp?vlnk=215])
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 ::::::''(Source: CIA World Factbook [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2186rank.html])''
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