Recession of 2009/Tutorials
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Selected economic statistics
Growth rates
GDP at constant market prices
% change on previous period
2006 2007 2008 Q1 07 Q2 07 Q3 07 Q4 04 Q1 08 Q2 08 Q3 08 Q4 08 Q1 09 Q2 09 United States 2.8 2.0 1.1 0.0 1.2 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.7 -0.1 -1.4 -1.6 -0.3 Japan 2.0 2.4 -0.6 1.0 -0.3 0.4 1.0 0.3 -1.2 -0.4 -3.2 -3.3 0.6 Canada 3.1 2.7 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.2 0.8 -1.4 United Kingdom 2.8 3.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.0 -0.7 -1.6 -2.4 -0.8 Germany 3.0 2.5 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.5 -0.5 -0.5 -2.1 -3.8 0.3 France 2.2 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 -0.3 0.1 -1.1 -1.2 0.3 Italy 2.0 1.6 -1.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 -0.7 -2.1 -2.4
Source: OECD, Main Economic Indicators
Unemployment rates
- (ILO definition, seasonally adjusted)
2007 IV 2008 I 2008 II 2008 III 2008 IV United States 4.8 4.9 5.4 6.0 6.9 United Kingdom 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.8 6.3 Japan 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.0 Germany 8.0 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.9 France 7.8 7.6 7.7 7.7 8.0
- (Source: OECD)
Fiscal stimulus packages
- ( % of GDP)
2008 2009 2010 Total United States 1.1 2.0 1.8 4.8 United Kingdom 0.2 1.4 -0.1 1.5 Germany 0.0 1.5 2.0 3.4 France 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.3 Japan 0.4 1.4 0.4 2.2 Canada 0.0 1.5 1.3 2.7
- (Source: IMF estimates[1])
Public Debt
- ( % of GDP )
Japan Italy France Germany United States United Kingdom China Australia 2007 195 107 65 65 62 44 20 9 2014 est 222 118 79 77 100 76 19 4
- (Source: IMF March 2009 [2])