The following year, amid the U.S. recession, attendance fell by 6.6% to 73.4 million.

Japan's auto makers are emerging from the U.S. recession with a far bigger slice of the market.

Constant growth continued up to the U.S. recession in 1982.

"To me, the strength of the dollar is more of a reason to put assets overseas now than the terrorism threat or the U.S. recession."

In the early months of 2008, many observers believed that a U.S. recession had begun.

This was different from other recent U.S. recessions, where government employment continued to climb.

By this measure, the 2008-2009 recession was considerably worse than the five other U.S. recessions from 1970 to present.

"I'm not saying that a U.S. recession would benefit Indonesia," he added.

Many Japanese manufacturers are investing heavily, even in the face of a U.S. recession and slower growth at home.

Due to the U.S. recession, however, construction of the casino ceased on June 10, 2008.