South West Regional Economic Profile: Recession Special - April 2009
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Recession Scenarios
The paper, commissioned as a piece of research by the South West Regional Development Agency highlights three possible recession scenarios for South West England - named "baseline", "worse" and "adverse", focusing on the implications that each scenario would have on jobs and output across the regions industries and geographies.
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Regional Economic Task Group
The South West Regional Economic Task Group has been created to help understand the impact of the economic downturn on the regional economy.
Chaired by our Regional Minister, Jim Knight MP, the Group includes representation from the Government Office, South West of England Regional Development Agency, Jobcentre Plus, Learning and Skills Council, Housing and Communities Agency, local authorities and NHS South West, along with representatives from business, trades unions and the voluntary sector.
The Group's remit is to:
- assess the regional impact of current economic uncertainties
- provide a conduit for the Regional Minister to discuss economic challenges to be represented at national level
- provide a structure through which problems affecting particular sectors or sub-regions / localities can be addressed
For further infromation, please go visit: www.swretg.org.uk
Below are the monthly RETG briefings on SW economic conditions, produced by the SWRDA Economics & Evidence team:
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January 2009 (no briefing was produced)
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