Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The Business Cycle

Thanks again to Matt, Elsa, and Am for their introduction to today's topic. If you'd like to read the Observer feature in full online you can find it here with the sector by sector guide here.

I promised you some questions...I hope you can provide me with some answers. Post your ideas as comments please...

1. Is now a good time to sell my flat?

2. Is unemployment likely to fall soon?

3. How easy should it be for me to borrow money from a British bank now?

4. Are any countries showing signs of a faster recovery than the UK?

5. What can or should the government be doing to speed up the recovery?




4 comments:

Aiko said...

1.) I think it's not good because the economics still bad and if you sell your house, you will not get a lot of money.

2.) no, it's likely to rise up about 3.5 million people next year.

3.)it's not easy

4.)yes, chinese and US
5.)umm...wait and see

Steve said...

1.no,the house price is not in the highest point.

2.not very soon.

3.not really easy.

4.France and Germany.

5.the governments should wait for world's economics.

Am said...

1.) no, credit crunch problem
2.) no,the crisis is past the bottom now.
3.)It's depend on your credit score.
4.) China, India
5.) Create more jobs and stimulate people spending.

Grace said...

HI, Sorry to answer your questions too late.
Acturally, I wrote a lot but when I published it, it lost. I am so sad. I have to write again.:)

1,Yes. If you mean in China, I think you can sell your flat. Because you cannot catch the highest price of house. The price maybe rise a while but it will be fall down in the futher. When the price declined you can buy a new flat and wait a good time to sell it. But I can give you another suggestion. If you pay your own money to buy a flat not use the bank's many, you can hold your flat and rent it. it is a good way to keep the value of your money.
2.No, althong there are signs the financial crisis recovery a little, the number of unemplyment is not fall soon, it need time to recovery.
3.For you, I think it is easy to borrow money from a Brithsh bank because you have a job. It is means you have fixed money every month. The bank loves the people like you.
4,Yes, I think China will recovery fast from this economic crisis.
Because China did not fully open to the world, the influence is fewer than other countries.
5,In my view, the government can invest in the public system such as transportion system. One side it can let more people employed , another side, it also can improve the envoriment of society. It is not good to issue government bonds too much for it increase the supply of money casued the inflation.