How to be debt free during current economic crisis
>> Thursday, February 19, 2009
The current economy feels worse than any previous recessions. And it is now more difficult to stay debt free during current economic crises. People around the world are equally feeling that now its not safe with their jobs, banks or even business in terms of money or investment.
'Wikipedia' describes it a "global financial crises" and says further:
The global financial crisis of 2008–2009 is an ongoing major financial crisis. It became prominently visible in September 2008 with the failure, merger, or conservatorship of several large United States-based financial firms. The underlying causes leading to the crisis had been reported in business journals for many months before September, with commentary about the financial stability of leading U.S. and European investment banks, insurance firms and mortgage banks consequent to the subprime mortgage crisis.
Beginning with failures of large financial institutions in the United States, it rapidly evolved into a global credit crisis, deflation and sharp reductions in shipping resulting in a number of European bank failures and declines in various stock indexes, and large reductions in the market value of equities (stock)[7] and commodities worldwide.
The crisis led to a liquidity problem and the de-leveraging of financial institutions especially in the United States and Europe, which further accelerated the liquidity crisis, and a decrease in international shipping and commerce. World political leaders and national ministers of finance and central bank directors have coordinated their efforts[14] to reduce fears but the crisis is ongoing and continues to change, evolving at the close of October into a currency crisis with investors transferring vast capital resources into stronger currencies such as the yen, the dollar and the Swiss franc, leading many emergent economies to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund. The crisis was triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis and is an acute phase of the financial crisis of 2007–2009.
Either you are a self employed person or a businessman current economical crises may effect you. There are increasing number of bankruptcy around us then few years ago.
The main cause of bankruptcy:
Companies are downsizing, rightsizing, and filing for bankruptcy. There is no such thing as job security. If you were downsized, you may have taken a job that paid substantially less than what you were paid when you took on the debt load that you have currently. The unemployment rate continues to get worse, and it does not account for those who have exhausted their unemployment and continue to be unable to find work. If you are unable to make up that money in a part-time or another full-time job because of family constraints, you will continue to get further behind.
Self employed persons rely on consumer spending to continue to be successful. As consumer spending falls, it creates an overall poor financial outlook for small businesses.
Current economic crisis is not effecting big names but common person who was interested in saving money and then investing it to a profitable industry is hesitating to step forward.
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