Η πρόσφατη χρηματοπιστωτική κρίση και οι επιπτώσεις της στο διεθνές εμπόριο

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Διεθνές εμπόριο ; Εμπορεύματα -- ΜεταφορέςKeywords
Χρηματοπιστωτική κρίση ; Ναυτιλία ; Financial crisis ; International trade ; Commodities ; International shippingAbstract
The economic growth that the global economy has experienced in the past decade abruptly stopped
in 2008 with the outbreak of the financial crisis in the United States, while bringing out the major
pathogenies of the modern financial system. Due to the globalized economy, financial crisis
lightning fast spread worldwide, braking economic activity in 2008-2009 across the globe with
growth rates appear negative after years of upswing. World trade has experienced a sudden, severe
and synchronized collapse in late 2008 - the strongest in recorded history and deepest since the
Second World War, as private consumption, prices of commodities and industrial activity were
demolished. By decanting international trade, international shipping experienced a major crisis.
The sharp decline in imports and exports and hence the demand for transport services reached a
climax of activity, brought great crisis in the maritime sector and major changes in its structure.