It's always possible that events -- such as a recession -- would temper some of these ambitions.
While many other factors are contributing to the decline of the newspaper industry, such as the recession and a decline in advertising, the very fact that we are discussing this issue here, on a major, mainstream news network's Web site, is a demonstration of the indisputable rise of new media.
But factors such as deep manufacturing recession have been blamed for the relative weakness of the Scottish economy.
Yield-curve critics say there are better leading indicators for a recession, such as housing permits (which tend to peak 17 months before the recession starts) and consumer confidence (which dips 3 to 9 months ahead of a downturn).
In a worst case scenario, such as a double dip recession, high yield would get clobbered.
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Companies must maintain "good housekeeping" during a recession, such as product quality and good distribution systems, but he suggests that clear brand association and leadership comes through communication.
It's part of a trend that dates back 15 years, to when economic recession made states such as California, Texas, New York, and Florida less attractive.
Some, such as Vodafone in Europe, continued to invest heavily during the recession because they regard network quality as an important selling point.
Much of the extra revenue (such as increased pension contributions) will be recession-proof.
But Kerry said the jobs being created pay less than those lost in the recent recession, while costs such as health insurance, college tuition and child care have gone up.
As with its view of the U.S., the commission takes a pessimistic view of the natural unemployment rate in recession-hit countries such as Spain and Ireland, where it see the natural rate at over 18% and 12%, respectively.
Centre for Economic Policy Research academics, led by David Begg, have suggested that the pact should be made less rigid, with an independent body of experts deciding whether a country's deficit was due to recession or structural factors such as overspending on the pensions system.
One is that the recession hit certain industries, such as manufacturing and construction, especially hard.
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Most economic forecasters are expecting anemic growth, with recession taking root in important economies such as France, and continued low interest rates.
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But dumb meat cleaver cuts such as the looming sequestration could push our economy back into recession.
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Punishing small-business owners with punitive tax legislation such as this will only increase the unemployment rate and extend the recession.
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The recession has hit hardest the most macho trades, such as building and manufacturing.
The whole 17-nation eurozone is in recession again - led by fast-shrinking economies such as Greece.
Commissions to design commercial trailers, such as a rolling cigar bar, helped carry the company through the recession, he says.
Besides, the recession-burdened government faces more pressing demands, such as the provision of basic services to the country's increasingly turbulent poor black townships.
But James Nixon, chief European economist at Societe Generale in London, said the funds would likely be too "thinly spread" to solve problems in countries such as Spain, which was facing a "long and protracted" recession this year.
However, what my lecturer failed to note is that the first two years of the Thatcher era were mired in such a deep recession that many economists of the time referred to it as a depression.
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"For a crash such as the one in the 1990s there would need to be a major recession--then there was a big increase in unemployment and interest rate rises at the same time, which forced many people to sell, " he said.
Could proper policy changes, such as the ones listed above, or others suggested by you, end this recession by the spring?
The financial crisis has been especially unkind to men: three-quarters of the 7.5m American jobs lost in the recession belonged to men and were in traditionally masculine industries, such as construction, manufacturing and finance.
And they are also concerned that the banks are not taking sufficient steps to insulate themselves from probable losses on other categories of loans, such as mortgages and corporate loans, that are likely to escalate in a Spanish recession expected to last another year or more.
There is a long list of other factors such as the debt-ceiling debate in Washington, the possibility of a global recession, and the outlook for corporate earnings, to name just a few that will have a far bigger impact on the stock market this year than how stocks perform during January.
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Those in working class jobs in fields such as construction and manufacturing had an unemployment rate of 14.6% after the recession.
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Manufacturing in China has been in a recession for 18 months or so, as confirmed by many measures such as the PMI, electrical consumption, the huge plunge in commodity prices, etc.
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