the great recession: a profitability crisis. by g.carchedi
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The Great Recession: a profitability crisis.
By G.Carchedi
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(1) Crisis years
(2) Negative % change in new value in crisis year(s)
(3) % Rise in OCC from pre-crisis to crisis years
(4) % Fall in ARP from pre-crisis to crisis year
(5) % Fall in employment from pre-crisis to crisis year(s)
1949 -7.24 1948(1.02)1949(1.12)
1948: 17.31949: 13.0
1948 (-0.8)1949 (-6.8)
1954 -5.13 1953(0.97)1954(1.08)
1953: 13.71954: 12.4
1952 (4.8)1953(-2.2)
1957-58 Cumulative -14.16
1956(0.92)1957(1.01)
1956: 13.01957: 10.0
1955(5.9)1956(1.6)
1960-61 Cumulative -0.72
1959(1.06)1960(1.08)
1959: 12.51960: 10.8
1959 (4.4)1960 (-4.5)
1970 -6.19 1969(1.13)1970(1.17)
1969: 10.31970: 7.7
1968(2.6)1969(1.1)
1974-75 -11.03 1973(1.12)1974(1.17)
1973: 11.41974: 11.41975: 11.0
1972(4.7)1973(4.2)
1980-82 Cumulative -15.79
1979(1.18)1980(1.28)
1979: 12.41980: 10.1
1978(5.9)1979(0.8)
1990-91 Cumulative -12.36
1989(1.28)1990(1.50)
1989: 7.11990: 7.11991: 5.4
1987(2.3)1989(-0.4)
2001-02 Cumulative -18.84
2000(1.75)2001(2.02)
2000: 6.42001: 3.42002: 3.0
1997(2.4)2000(0)
2007-09 Cumulative -28.4
2006(2.07)2007(2.15)
2006: 13.12007: 11.02008: 7.82009: 4.4
2005(1.6)2006(-1.1)
Table 1. Crises
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Upward cycle (1)
Exploitation Rate (2)
ARP (3) Assets (4) wages (5) OCC (6) labour (7) New value (8)
2003 13.1 4.1 1.9 0 2.15 -2.18 3.48
2004 24.4 7.8 1.3 2.7 2.12 1.38 12.97
2005 35.5 11.4 1.4 2.5 2.10 1.68 11.68(a)
2006 40.2 13.1 3.2 5 2.07 0.13 8.67
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Table 2. The 2006-7 recovery, % growth
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Crisis years(1)
Assets(2)
Wages(3)
OCC(4)
ARP(5)
Employment (6)
New Value (7)
2006 3.2 5.02.07 13.1
0.138.6
2007 5.7 1.82.15 11.0
-1.93-2.2
2008 6.0 -3.32.36 7.8
-7.53-9.5
2009 2.4 -9.62.67 4.4
-12.54-16.7
Table 3. The 2007-9 Great Recession, % growth
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Chart 1. ARP and ratio of financial to total profits
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Chart 2. Ratio of financial profits to profits in the productive sectors
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Peak Trough Financial crises
1973 1975 1974-5
1976 1982 1980-82
1984 1991 1984-5
1994 2002 1998; 2000
2004 2009 2007-8
Table 4. Cycles of growth of new value and financial crises
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(1) (2) % change in financial profits
(3) FP/TP (4) % change new value
(5) ARP
2003 27.38 38.2 3.4 4.1
2004 13.99 33.3 12.9 7.8
2005 17.25 29.0 11.6 11.4
2006 1.34 26.0 8.6 13.1
2007 -27.38 21.6 -2.2 11.0
Table 5. The 2007 financial crisis as potentially present in the previous recovery
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Chart 1. ARP and ratio of financial to total profits.
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Chart 3 ARP and CE-ARP