Economic Crisis, When will it end?
Wondering how the recession will impact various industries? Check out Recession Insight on IBISWorld.
This report was updated on January 9, 2009 and provides predictions for the 700 industry reports contained in this database.
Highlights
The key forecasts of IBISWorld’s Macroeconomic Briefing Paper are:
- The US economy will decline by 1.6% in 2009 and will not return to its normal course until 2011.
- Unemployment will continue to rise into the first quarter of 2010 and peak at 8.9%.
- Retail sales will fall by 2.2% in 2009, with greater most pressure in the first half of the year.
- Business investment will stay negative until the second half of 2010.
- Residential investment and housing starts will not return to 2008 levels until 2011.
Updates for the new semester
Courier / Delivery of Materials
Due to the inclement weather across the state, there are delays in item delivery. If you have ordered a book or video from another WSU campus or through Summit, this may mean that your items won’t arrive when you expect them. We will get them to you as soon as they arrive.
Database Access
Due to updates of the campus IP addresses, access to many research databases and e-journals may be difficult to access until our venders change their information about us. If you encounter problems accessing something that you need, you can always visit the Pullman WSU Libraries page (http://www.systems.wsu.edu/griffin/indexes.htm) to locate and link to your favorite databases.
Contact us (546-9686 or library@vancouver.wsu.edu) for help.
New Summit
Summit is a catalog which allows students, faculty and staff to find and order items from 36 other libraries in Oregon and Washington. Remember that Summit is being upgraded and improved over the next few months. Several important things have changed, most importantly, searching and ordering work differently. We encourage you to play around with the interface and see the changes.
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