What problems remain in advanced countries after the crisis?
What will be an ideal response?
Both in the United States and the Euro area, unemployment remains very high. What is behind this persistently high unemployment is low output growth, and behind this low growth are many factors like declining housing prices and low housing investment. Banks are still not in good shape, and bank lending is still tight. Consumers are cutting consumption. And the crisis has led to a large increase in budget deficits, which have in turn led to a large increase in public debt over time. Countries must now reduce their deficits, and this is proving difficult. In some European countries, governments may not be able to adjust and may default on their debt.
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A. Airbus cannot sell aircraft to the United States government. B. each company has annual sales over $10 billion. C.Airbus receives subsidies from the European Union. D. all of the above E. each company can significantly affect prices.
During a recession the unemployment rate generally ________ and during an expansion the unemployment rate generally ________
A) rises; rises B) rises; falls C) rises; does not change D) falls; rises E) does not change; falls