How has the economic issues of the past few years have affected the U.S. and its business firms.?

Question

How has the economic issues of the past few years have affected the U.S. and its business firms.?

Answer 1

Best example is recent recession - demand for products is falling and some supply shocks have increased costs, thus some companies experienced drastic fall in profits and many have losses. There are many companies which were pressed to shut-down under such conditions.