This is a short slidecast of Japan and its economic status after the tsunami. The economic impacts and the consequences are one of the main parts of the slidecast.
2. Table of contents Introduction Consequences Economic impacts Volatility index Keeping up with the crisis Conclusion
3. Introduction 11 March 2011 TOHUKU Eartquake + Tsunami One of the most powerfullearthquakes in the world +/- 12000 deaths +/- 3000 injured +/- 15500 people missing +/- 125000 buildings destroyed Extensive and severestructuraldamage GREAT EASTERN JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
4. Consequences Full extent notyetknown $200 Billion Lastingharm to Japan’seconomy? Preventing a nuclearcatastrophe Dai-ichi plant Interruptionelectricitysupply Output=affected TOYOTA
5. Economic impacts Industrial belt smallproduction Eartquakes negative effect Shut down production Destroyfactories, roads, … Effectseconomiesproductivecapacity Output=lost Plants+machinerie unaffected areas Confidence fragile Intrest rates 0
6. Volatility index Bad for the globaleconomy Lack of clarity in the disaster Increase in stockmarketvolatility The relative rate at which the price of a security moves up and down 224%
7. Keeping up with the crisis Getahead of the crisis Crisis team More funds Short-termproblems Fuelshortage Rolling powercuts