double dip recession.

2. What Actually Double Dip Recession Is?
• Double-dip recession
is a situation wherein
an economy faces
another recession
shortly after
recovering from the
previous one, due to a
negative growth in
GDP.

3. • The occurrence of double dip recession is very rare in
the economic history of United States being the years
1913,1920 and the period of 1980-1982.
• The American economy has faced 33 recessions in all.

4. • Rating agency
downgraded US.
• US hitting double-
dip recession which
will pull the whole
world down once
again.
But is
it
seriously

5. • 50% chance
of falling
back into
negative
growth and
facing a
double-dip
recession.

6. • Unemployment
rate is still high,
while consumer
spending shows
very passive
growth, it seems
economy is
about to enter
double dip
recession.

7. • Technically to call it a double-dip recession, US has
to see two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
In 2009, the GDP of US showed negative growth of -
2.6% which increased to positive growth of 2.8% in
2010. In 2011, the growth is estimated to be 3%. If
US has to hit double-dip recession, the economy has
to fall from 3% growth to zero and further down to
negative growth.

8. • Government has rolled
up its sleeves to ensure
that phenomenon
doesn't repeat by
2012.
• With 13.9 million still
unemployed
Americans since the
recession of December
2007.

9. RECESSION
RECOVERY.
• It can be very well
avoided by the
government by
introducing:
• Short-term
unemployment
benefits.
• Price
stabilization.
• Reduction in tax
rates.