Intereconomics

, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 48–52 | Cite as

World economy on the down-track

  • Günter Großer
  • Günter Weinert
Economic Trends
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Abstract

1979 saw a pronounced cyclical downturn with mounting, inflation and balance of payments problems bear upon the western industrialized countries with the long-expected recession materializing in the USA early in 1980. In Western Europe demand and production began to slide a little later. Increasing signs of a nascent downtrend were also to be seen in Japan. What are the prospects for the current year?

Keywords

Interest Rate Private Consumption Economic Trend Current Account Deficit Inflation Expectation 
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© HWWA and Springer-Verlag 1981

Authors and Affiliations

  • Günter Großer
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  • Günter Weinert
    • 1
  1. 1.HWWA-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung-HamburgHamburg

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