September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/World economic effects

Stock exchanges all over the world plummet; many of them--including the [London Stock Exchange]?--are evacuated. The New York Stock exchanges remain closed until Monday. Gold and oil prices spike upwards.

Travel and entertainment stocks fall, while communications, pharmaceutical and military/defense stocks rise. Online travel agencies particularly suffer, as they cater to leisure travel.

The London Times reported on 18th September that investigations are under way into the unusually large numbers of shares in insurance companies and airlines sold off before the attack, in London, Italy, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, France and the US

U.S. gas prices briefly shot up. See Gasoline price gouging.

[ScamBusters] reported that some email pleas for relief funds for victims of the attacks were simply scams to procure credit card numbers from inexperienced web users. ScamBusters? offered tips to help donors ensure their contributions went to the right places.

Tourism in New York City plummeted, causing massive losses in a sector which employed 280,000 people and generated $25 billion per year. In the week following the attack, hotel occupancy falls below 40 percent, and 3000 employees are laid off. Tourism and hotel occupancy also falls drastically across the nation.

Share prices of airlines and airplane manufacturers plummeted after the attacks. [Midway Airlines]?, already on the brink of bankruptcy, shut down operations almost immediately afterwards. Other airlines are threatened with bankruptcy. Tens of thousands of layoffs were announced in the following week.

The New York City projected budget deficit for the 2003 fiscal year which begins July 2002 ballooned from $2-$2.5 billion to approximately $4 billion, though most direct expenses related to the rescue and recovery effort are to be covered by the expected $40 billion in federal aid. However, the related drop in tourism and Lower Manhattan tax revenue is not expected to be covered.

See also Closings and Cancellations.

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See also: World Trade Center -- Pentagon -- New York City -- Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Department of Defense -- terrorism -- domestic terrorism -- Osama Bin Laden -- Taliban -- Afghanistan -- Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- Palestine -- West Bank -- Gaza Strip -- collective trauma -- September 11

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[Fulton Fish Market Unhappy in Its New Home, New York Times, 10/4/2001]
[Sales Drop and Spending Crawls as Uncertainty Grips Economy, New York Times, 9/30/2001]
[THE ECONOMY: Officials Seek to Bolster Investor Confidence, New York Times, 9/17/2001]
[THE TECHNOLOGISTS: A Test Like None Before for the Computer Wizards, New York Times, 9/17/2001]
[FINANCIAL STRUGGLE: Airlines, in Search of Relief, Warn of Bankruptcy, New York Times, 9/15/2001]