Signs in the front of a Starbucks coffee shop. The iconic U.S. coffee chain has said it will shut most of its Australian stores within a week, having already taken the axe to hundreds of U.S. outlets as an economic downturn bites.
The media will go to any length to avoid calling a recession (or depression) what it actually is. It is more than an economic downturn when people cant afford a cup of Starbucks coffee. Starbucks Corporation#Starbucks