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The economic crisis and its impact on Utah
The economic storm hit United States of America hit very badly and Utah also hit very badly. Indeed, recession already hit the Utah state budget with drop in tax revenues. Decline in tax revenue came from every sector like sale tax, gasoline tax and income tax. The sectors that are affected by recession are education and infrastructure to gasoline and transportation which are very critical in future of state and it already lags well behind compared to rest of the country in consumer confidence.
To the downside of the economic crisis, the economy of the Utah is having a major impact on the consumers spending confidence. It has been reported that around 90 percent of the consumers are in belief that they are currently living in a recession. This reveals the fact that recessionary mindset is influencing consumer behaviour.
The reason for decreasing consumer confidence is that more people are experiencing the worsening financial situation, threatening job security and falling confidence in housing market since 2007. The recession which began in 2007 has its most impact on employment that is losing its ground during this recessionary period and other negative consequences include drop in retirement funds, decline in real estate values and structural government deficits.
Unfortunately, the economic crisis is now turning towards social crisis which are closely connected and interdependent. The actual crisis came when the importance of global health is not a priority. First in 1978, the efforts were made to use health as a route to socioeconomic developments but immediately fuel crisis, soaring oil prices and then debt crisis are the reasons for shifting the budget away from the investments in social sector like health and education. This is the reason many countries are still struggling from the legacy of these errors.
But what the current financial crisis will mean to low income and emerging economies which in turn for affluent economies, the global recession means cuts to development assistance or in social spending like health, education and social protection which the low economies will be forced to undertake.
Therefore it is essential to lean from the past and to counter this period of economic downturn start investing in health and social sectors. The reasons to support these sectors are:
Promote economic recovery: economic recovery is only possible when you lay foundation of economic productivity and accelerate recovery towards economic stability.
Protect the poor: rising fuel prices and food prices along with reduced job security are the factors leading to uncertainties in economic downturn.
Promote social stability: equally distributing health care to all economies is critical contributor to social consistency. It is best protection towards social instability, especially in the time of crisis.
Build security: health is neither stable nor secure through out the global economies. Lack of investment in health sector is leading to unprepared pandemic diseases like HIV/AIDS.
These are the most important steps to be taken to avoid further crisis across the economies including low income and emerging economies.
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