BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Hard Landing
- the rapid decline of an economy into recession and business stagnation after a sustained period of growth
Additional Resources
- Fitch Ratings predicts hard landing for Iceland's economy
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-14 June 2006-Fitch Ratings predicts hard landing for Iceland's economyC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Fitch Ratings on Tuesday (13 June) issued a fresh warning of an increased chance of a hard landing for Iceland's economy. "The risk of a hard landing has gone upsince February," said...
- Research articles 2006-06-14
- Required Reading: Hard Landing
- The holidays always find business grinding to a halt, so I've had some extra time on my hands. I decided that it had been too long since I read Hard Landing, the outstanding book about the airline industry from Thomas Petzinger Jr., and I'm glad I came back to...
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- First Union Executive Expects Hard Landing for Economy.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Feb. 1--Despite lower interest rates, First Union Corp.'s chief economist predicts the economy will have a "hard landing" by midyear, with gross domestic product growing by 1.5 percent in the third quarter. Feb. 1--Despite lower interest rates, First Union Corp.'s chief economist predicts...
- Research articles 2001-02-01
- Question Time: What The Economists Say - With The Subprime Crisis In The US Causing Worldwide Reverberations, We Asked A Group Of Leading Economists To Consider Whether A Soft Or Hard Landing Was In Prospect. They Also Considered Sovereign Wealth Funds, T
- The questions 1. Is the world economy headed for a soft or hard landing? 2. Is the renminbi overvalued or undervalued? 3. What should be the role of the IMF/World Bank? 4. Are sovereign wealth funds to be...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Asia to feel the pain of China slowdown, hard landing unlikely: S and P
- JEJU, South Korea, AFP ? Asia will feel the pain of a slowdown in the giant Chinese economy, international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's says, but stressed that a hard-landing that would wreak havoc on the region is unlikely. The pace of a state-engineered slowdown to cool China's...
- Research articles 2004-05-13
- Hard landing likely for Chinese economy, analyst says.
- By Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13--The Chinese economy could come to a hard landing in the second half of 2005 as global liquidity tightens, according to Prasenjit Basu, managing director of Robust Economic Analysis. ...
- Research articles 2004-07-13
- Gliding to a Soft Landing?
- Modern economics makes itself intelligible by adopting everyday analogies. If inflation worsens, we say the economy is "overheating." If the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, it's "applying the brakes." If it cuts rates, it's "stepping on the gas." The metaphor of the moment is "soft landing." The economy slows...
- Research articles 2000-06-26
- Moon Landing: A Giant Leap for Man-Management
- The Apollo 11 moon landing 40 years ago yesterday was a huge waste of money, but so what? Landing three men on the moon on 20 July 1969 is a triumph of endeavour that arguably hasn't been topped since. The Apollo programme employed 390,000 people (around the same...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Wall Street Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 17--GREENSPAN'S INTEREST PLAN MAY WORK A THIRD TIME: Can Alan Greenspan do it again? Twice in the past decade the Federal Reserve under Chairman Greenspan has successfully engineered a "soft landing" for the economy. A soft landing can be pretty...
- Research articles 2000-01-16
- A hard landing?(Leaders)(The risk of a hard landing in America is real)(Brief Article)
- FOUR years is a long time in central banking. On December 5th 1996, Alan Greenspan, chairman of America's Federal Reserve, gave his famous warning about irrational exuberance in the stockmarket. Yet four years on, to the very day, and with stockmarke FOUR years is a long...
- Research articles 2000-12-09
- Soros says U.S. lacks clout to halt a global crisis.
- He holds hard landing here could hurt all If the next global financial crisis should strike soon, George Soros says, the United States might be too weak economically to help pull the world back from a recession. ...
- Research articles 2000-11-27
- Take on the Ticker.(Business)
- David J. Klein - RESIDENCE: Long Grove - PROFESSION: First Vice President, Dain Rauscher Inc., Vernon Hills - What did you think of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's remarks last week? "Very definitely Alan Greenspan is signaling...
- Research articles 2000-12-10
- Economic Downturn Affecting Indiana Unevenly.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Dec. 14--Although indicators still point to a "soft landing" for the Indiana economy, some industries might take hard hits, experts say. "We're definitely in a slowdown right now," said Patrick Kiely, president of the Indiana Manufacturers Association. "How much of a slowdown depends...
- Research articles 2000-12-14
- Soft landing goes thud on hard numbers.(fourth-quarter earnings for Detroit-area companies)(Brief Article)
- The diminished earnings of metro Detroit companies in the fourth quarter contradicted earlier predictions of a soft landing, economists said last week. With 51 nonautomaker companies reporting so far, corporate profits fell 92 percent in the quarter The diminished earnings of metro Detroit companies in...
- Research articles 2001-03-05
- Capitol observer
- ECONOMISTS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY ARE BECOMING CONCERNED about prospects of a soft landing. They still believe an economic soft landing is the likely outcome. But they acknowledge that recent events suggest a hard landing is possible. There are two distinct schools of thought on the economy's future. One suggests...
- Research articles 2001-02-01
- Astronauts upbeat after hard 'ballistic' landing
- STAR CITY, Russia AFP — The first South Korean in space together with the American and a Russian who accompanied her said on Monday they were recovering well after a gruelling "ballistic" descent to Earth. Yi So-Yeon, who returned from the International Space Station ISS on Saturday in an...
- Research articles 2008-04-21
- Hitachi Uses ESP & Other Shocking Technologies To Protect Hard Drive Data; Hitachi ''Extra Sensory Protection'' Technology Gives New ''Mikey'' Hard Drive A Soft Landing
- BERLIN -- With hard disk drives increasingly used in portable consumer electronics, Hitachi has taken a number of precautionary measures to safeguard the storage component from data loss in the event of a fall. The most recent of these measures is a technology called ESP or Extra Sensory ProtectionTM, which...
- Research articles 2005-09-02
- Accolades Roll in for Hitachi High-Performance Notebook Hard Drive; Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 Lauded by IT Magazine, PC Market and Others
- HONG KONG -- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced that its Travelstar 7K100 product has been named the '2.5-inch hard drive of the year' by IT Magazine(1) and the '2005 most powerful 2.5-inch ATA hard drive' by PC Market. In evaluating the 7K100, the magazines agree the drive's unmatched performance...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Cycles & Outlook 2001 Real Estate
- Article incorporates the fast moving events into models and study the impact of either a hard landing recession or soft landing scenario on the real estate markets. This paper presents an insight into the effects of a "tech wreck", the effects of the dotcoms on office leasing in selected markets,...
- White papers 2001-01-16
- "Real Estate Cycles and Outlook 2001
- Real Estate Cycles and Outlook 2001, it provides information to joint clients with a collective overview of the public and private real estate markets and introduces them to the new joint venture Realpoint. Economic change and apprehension regarding the economy have characterized the few months. The stock market, highly...
- White papers 2001-01-16
