Recession as the New Normal

Video Q&A recap: Recession as the 'new normal' Washington Post (blog) By Brad Hirschfield In today's edition of our weekly live discussion, we started where Eli Saslow's excellent article in the paper left off by exploring whether people really believe our current economic woes are a “new normal,” and what it means that ...

Welcome to the 'new normal minus' Business Spectator He added that the “new normal” – the term coined by PIMCO to describe the new world in which developed countries would achieve much lower growth rates than in the past – may need to be revised downwards to the “new normal minus”. ...

Survivor Lauren Manning finds 'new normal' after 9/11 USA Today By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY NEW YORK – A decade after nearly being burned alive at Ground Zero, Lauren Manning has learned to live with "my new normal." Or, as she says, "I dwell in an imperfect place, but it feels just right to me. ...

Combating Profit Volatility in the 'New Normal' Business Finance Magazine To be successful when facing this higher demand, or what we call the "New Normal," companies must focus on better supply chain management, adopt new procurement strategies and broaden their approach to managing risk and profit volatility. ...

A changing S'pore, a new compact? TODAYonline This is the "new normal". The results of the recent General Election and now the Presidential Election suggest that a new social compact is required. In the past, one critical success factor for Singapore has been the fact that the majority of the ...

Get Ready For Polygraph Testing To Invade The Workplace Business Insider In truth, "virtual polygraphy" is becoming a "new normal" in combating workplace dishonesty and deception. Bernie Madoff's disgrace and the ongoing housing crises exacerbated by "liar's loans" and "robo-signings" have created a business environment...

NEWS ANALYSIS: The impact of Björn Wahlroos Helsingin Sanomat By Tuomo Pietiläinen A certain large company in the finance business proudly presented the efficiency programme of Nordea Bank, calling it New Normal. However, it was not the Nordea management that rejoiced over the normalisation of Nordea, ...

Are Louisa schools beyond repair? The Daily Progress “This will become the new normal for us.” Petit and members of the Louisa County Board of Supervisors thanked school staffs and fire and rescue crews for their efforts. Despite the severity of the damage across the county, nobody was seriously injured ...

17 Large ETFs Yielding Better Than The 10-Year-Treasury Seeking Alpha We are in a "new normal" environment with a future of low returns and high volatility. The S&P 500 has moved more than 3% in a single day 7 times so far this year, vs. once in 2007 and 23 times in 2009, according to Lawrence McDonald, ...

Life Without Hot Water Hartford Courant He's grateful that no trees came down on his house or neighbors' homes in his historic Middle Haddam neighborhood, but now, more than two days after the storm has ended, life has moved to a new normal that causes some household grumbling. ...

Why programming languages no longer matter GCN.com The ramifications of this new normal programming world are twofold. First, the emerging cloud environments will be forced to follow suit and become language-independent. This will be a critical development to increasing cloud adoption, ...

Bismarck Economy Still Growing KFYR-TV "And so I think until we kind of get through the next 12 to 18 months and really understand the impacts of the flood and what comes after this, I think we`re in the new normal." A new normal that Hullet says people are already adjusting to. ...

Nordea to lay off 2000 to cut costs CITY A.M. The bank blamed the decision on “increased costs imposed by new global regulation” that are a “new normal” for the industry. Denmark, Finland and Sweden will suffer the bulk of the cuts, with 500-650 roles per country to go, while Norway will see ...

Coast woman doesn't let disability keep her from living a fulfilling life WLOX But it's a new normal life with limits and balances." She admits she went through some dark times. "I had so many pity parties, and gained over 100 pounds and kept it on for two or three years, and laid on the couch all day and cried. ...

Flood damage won't hurt Burleigh budget Bismarck Tribune "(Our goal is) get our infrastructure, let's get back to normal as much as possible, whatever that new normal is." The mill levy for jail maintenance and construction fund has been raised from 0.5 mills to 2 mills, toward building up funds for a new ...

New media engagement may have given Tony Tan and Tan Jee Say the edge The Online Citizen (blog) Even for President-elect Dr Tony Tan, it was change by the acceptance of the 'new normal'. A 'new normal' which will see a stronger opposition in Parliament to compliment the ruling party to formulate better policies to enable a better Singapore. ...

Banning Risk Is Our Biggest Risk Forbes This was a break from the new normal, where management is consumed with compliance, legality, accounting, risk mitigation, and political prognostication and manipulation. Carving time out of a business retreat to talk strategy, execution, product, ...

Despite Sluggish Economy, U.S. Office Sector Tightens in Prime Markets World Property Channel "Looking ahead, workplace strategies such as desk sharing, work-from-home opportunities, and open space layouts will become the new normal as companies realize not only bottom-line savings but increased employee productivity, enhanced talent attraction ...

Midday Scan: today's top stories around the region Crosscut (blog) Yes, but with the federal government cutting back so many programs, might it not make sense for local governments to take up the slack, reorienting these programs better to local priorities? Welcome to the new normal.

Bill Gross: Romance Between China And The US Is Complicated DealBreaker.Com We are into the “bumpy journey” phase of our New Normal where fear, lack of policy options and loss of control can dominate relationships. At a minimum, investors need to prepare for disharmony even with the hope of eventual reconciliation. ...

Is climate change making us crazy? The Week Magazine ... are all a normal part of Australian life, there is no doubt our climate is changing,'' say the report's authors. ''For instance, the intensity and frequency of bushfires is greater. This is a 'new normal', for which the past provides little guidance."

School districts facing a tough math lesson Modesto Bee But, as most of us know, there's a "new normal" for publicly-funded entities in California. State revenues are uncertain, at best. Declining enrollments only exacerbate that situation, which makes it all the more critical for school officials to pay ...

My mom just died, and I don't know how to be "normal" anymore. Caring.com (blog) It will take time to find a new normal, to figure out who you are and what direction your life will go in. I do know that, in time, the sadness will start to ease off just a bit, that you'll start to feel connected to friends and your own life again. ...

Forget the spreadsheet – just start saving Globe and Mail But I would be willing to bet that most people who think they are stretched already will suddenly find they have savings without extra money owing simply because they adapted to the new normal. Some people do fine with spreadsheets and that's great....

Indian quarterly growth slows to 7.7% The Express Tribune He forecast another quarter point hike by the bank next month that would lift its benchmark lending rate to around a three-year high of 8.25 percent. The central bank has said it is unwilling to accept high inflation as “the new normal” and last week ...

Don Hays Suggests the Hurricane Watch was Overhyped PR Web (press release) Yet, while some economists expect a “New Normal” to take hold leading America on a path of slower growth, Hays sees the opposite taking place in the stock market as the higher growth stocks are being rewarded more than their value counterparts, ...

Seed Saving 101 workshop Canada.com Because of the race for ever higher yields, Hybrids have become the new normal. And the next step - and it is a small step, is GMO's. To grow a hybrid crop you must buy the corporate seeds, every year. For the GMO's you buy the corporate seeds but you ...

A dad does matter to a child, whether gay couples like it or not On Line opinion ... some high school students were even given an explicit manual of homosexual advocacy entitled The Little Black Book: Queer in the 21st Century, which the Massachusetts Department of Health helped develop. Education had to comply with the new normal.

Antigraft fast may goad India Business Day The central bank, which has been one of Asia's most aggressive by raising rates 11 times since last March, has warned on accepting inflation as a "new normal". Some analysts say economic growth may slow to 7% if there are no reforms, not enough for ...

Bill Gross On "New Normal" Investing As A Failed Marriage: "What ... By Tyler Durden In his latest letter, Bill Gross takes another flight of fancy, this time comparing the global economic crunch to love stories gone very bad (think divorce lawyers). From Europe's love affair with a monetary union, to America's infatuation with rags to riches, even with the tolerated (and ...

A 'new normal' for avoiding political storms – CNN Political Ticker ... By gschwarzcnn Washington (CNN) -- "Get the hell off the beach." That was the order New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave residents on Friday as Hurricane Irene, still hundreds of miles away, churned in the Atlantic Ocean, projected to hit his state. CNN Political Ticker

Virginia house painter fights to keep business as recession ... Is recesssion 'the new normal?' Chat with Brad Hirschfield. “I'll let you know if I hear anything,” he said. He turned the truck radio to a Spanish pop station and ... www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAiIYHoJ_story.html

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Drier climate has become new normal for region - Roanoke.com Blacksburg's new normal annual rainfall plunged even further, to 40.89 inches — almost 1 3/4 inches less than the previous annual norm of 42.63 inches. ... www.roanoke.com/weather/wb/297354

RealClearMarkets - For Millions, Recession Is Harsh New Normal August 30, 2011. For Millions, Recession Is Harsh New Normal. Eli Saslow, Washington Post. Send to a Friend · Read Full Article ››. TAGGED: unemployment ... www.realclearmarkets.com/.../for_millions_recession_is_harsh...