The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

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* Rises in house prices are expected to splutter to a halt later this
year as homeowners face the consequences of economic
slowdown - see Property 08/07/01
* The UK stands on the brink of a full-scale recession with the
prospect of widespread redundancies in the coming months
22/07/01 N 1 1>7
* The two-speed economy 22/07/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs
* Why Gordon Brown's plan to kickstart a faltering global
economy looks doomed 29/07/01 N 5 1>8 Photograph
* The Labour market is beginning to feel the effects of a
weakening economy, but consumers are continuing their
spending binge, according to figures to be released tomorrow
05/08/01 N 1 1 Graph
* Spending may be set to slide, but stores are pumping cash into
city centres 05/08/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs
* Fears that the economic problems facing manufacturing are
now spreading to the service sector with a sharp downturn in the
UK hotel industry - see Business & Industry 12/08/01
* The possibility of a fully-fledged financial crisis in Argentina
could not have come at a worse time - see International Affairs:
Cent. & S. America 12/08/01
* Jamie Doward asks whether the recession-driven rush into the
'new alchemy' for the rich will end in tears 19/08/01 N 6 1>6
Photograph, graph
* The first signs of a property crash in the commercial sector are
now evident - see Property 26/08/01
* Europe and the US are on a verge of their biggest ever trade
war, with potential to scupper the recovery of the global
economy 26/08/01 N 2 1>2
* City editor Richard Wachman argues that the stock market has
abandoned fundamentals 26/08/01 N 4 1>4 Photograph, graphs
* The Bank of England will not cut base rates at this week's
meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, say economists
02/09/01 N 1 5>6
* British Airways plans to cut a further 2,000 jobs next year as it
tries to avoid the worst ravages of the economic downturn - see
Aviation Industry 09/09/01
* Experts predict FTSE to plummet to 4,500 09/09/01 N 1 1>7
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* The financial fallout from the terrorist attacks on America
16/09/01 X 23 5>6 Photographs
* Robert J. Shiller, the world's leading expert on the psychology
of finance, explores the quixotic mind of the Wall Street trader
16/09/01 N 3 1>8 Graph
* As the US prepares to reopen for business this week, Observer
writers describe how the outlook has changed beyond
recognition in key sectors of the global economy 16/09/01 N
4>5 1>8 Photographs, illustration
* Despite the best efforts of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani,
US consumers show no signs of spending their way out of
recession - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 23/09/01
* Global Economy - see Terrorism 23/09/01
* The US economy is facing further bad news in the coming
weeks as investment banks prepare to cut thousands more jobs
and earnings fall dramatically - see International Affairs: U.S.A.
23/09/01
* The City will this week markedly downgrade prospects for
Britain's economy as the threat of worldwide recession looms
23/09/01 N 1 1>2
* Terror attacks prompted bankers to act 'in sequence' to stabilise
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global economies 23/09/01 N 9 1>8 Photograph
* Major markets have recovered since 11 September, but poor
countries will not be so lucky 14/10/01 N 10 1>6 Photographs,
graph
* The UK stock market has already recovered from the US
attack, and in the aftermath of terror, some industries are
positively booming - see Business & Industry 21/10/01
* The war against terrorism is expected to cost Britain £13bn,
with the loss of more than 100,000 jobs before Christmas - see
Terrorism 21/10/01
* Dire employment figures out this week for the US are expected
to be the strongest signal yet that the US economy is in recession
- see International Affairs: U.S.A. 28/10/01
* Chancellor Gordon Brown will warn business leaders of
'testing times in Britain' as the global financial fallout from the
11 September attacks has an 'inevitable impact on Britain's
economic growth' 04/11/01 N 1 1>7
* Taxes will have to rise to fund the Government's belief in a
'new world order' and maintain public spending 04/11/01 B 1>2
1>3 Photograph
* Gordon Brown wants his pre-Budget Report to mend the
Government's increasingly strained relations with British
business - see Business & Industry 18/11/01
* How UK shoppers are entering the festive season in high
spirits, but the experts worry about the hangover to come - see
Consumerism 18/11/01
* Firms cancel Christmas parties as recession bites 18/11/01 B
13 1>5 Photograph, cartoon
* British companies have suffered the longest sustained period of
declining profitability since the last recession 18/11/01 N 2 4>7
* CBI chief Digby Jones, tells the Treasury what he wants from
this month's pre-Budget Report 18/11/01 N 5 1>8 Photograph
* Pre-Budget Report: Chancellor Gordon Brown's target: low
tax, high spending 18/11/01 N 5 1>4 Photographs, illustration
* Chancellor Gordon Brown will reduce his forecasts for
Britain's economic growth in his Pre-Budget Report on Tuesday
25/11/01 N 1 1>7
* As new figures from Britain's retailers show consumer
spending holding up, the Monetary Policy Committee is
expected to leave interest rates unchanged when it meets on
Wednesday 02/12/01 N 2 1>3
* Shares in retailers have outperformed the rest of the stock
market by 33 per cent so far this year - see Retail Industry
09/12/01
* With recession looming, a global terror crisis and Christmas
upon us, some people actually want to lose their jobs - see Work
09/12/01
* The economic downturn has had a dramatic impact on the level
of management buyouts over the last year 16/12/01 N 2 6>8
* Recession may be around the corner, but no one's told Britain's
shoppers who remain determined to spend - see Consumerism
30/12/01
* The global economy is set for another year of sluggish growth,
dashing investor's hopes for a sharp recovery 30/12/01 B 21 1>3
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EDEN PROJECT
* To the strains of Cornish bagpipes, two builders abseiled down
the world's largest greenhouse and officially opened the Eden
Project yesterday 18/03/01 B 2 2>6 Photographs
EDITORIAL COMMENT
* Teachers need long-term rises/Mandelson's folly diminishes