have abstracted from the channelnewsasia.com‚ is about the recession that hit Singapore back in 2008. In the said article‚ the recession in 2008 was so bad‚ that it left many Singaporeans jobless due to high rate of retrenchment‚ that was possible to reach as high as it was during the 1998 Asian financial crisis and 2001 economic downturn that left up to 30‚000 workers retrenched. Besides causing loss of jobs for many workers‚ the recession in 2008 subsequently affected the manufacturing sector‚ tourism
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bankruptcy--in the 2008 financial crisis. For Economic/Political Arguments Subpoint 1: It is the U.S. government’s job to insure that corporations do not “dig themselves a hole” to deep to recover from. --"The practice of calmness‚ of immobility‚ of certainty and security‚ suddenly breaks down‚" Keynes wrote. "New fears and hopes will‚ without warning‚ take charge of human conduct." This is the "herd behavior" that George Soros has identified as the dominant feature of financial markets. It is
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A common feature of all the financial crises is that the financial instability and a highly leveraged private sector created a financial boom which finally led to the bubble and subsequently to the bust. 1. Financial instability In EU crisis and US financial crisis cases the banking sector was hit hardest and accelerated the crisis through a credit crunch and credit crisis. Whereas in the US this process was driven by a real estate boom and the issuance of complex securities (as bad assets)‚ in
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FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHERE DID RISK MANAGEMENT FAIL? Gabriele Sabato Royal Bank of Scotland1 Abstract The real estate market bubble and the subprime mortgages have been often identified as the causes of the current financial crisis‚ but this is not entirely true or‚ at least‚ they cannot be considered as the main cause. A poor regulatory framework based on the belief that banks could be trusted to regulate themselves is among the main sources of the crisis. At the same time‚ risk management
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The United States have gone through some historical economic ups and downs‚ two of the most known and horrific slump being the Great Depression of the 1930’s and the Great Recession. Both‚ the Great Depression and the Great Recession‚ are characterized by bank failures‚ unemployment‚ economic decline‚ stock market crashes‚ price changes‚ and the Feds. They are both fallouts of the same economic phenomenon and are only different in a few minor respects. There were many reasons that caused the downturns
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The Great recession of 2008 (Article Review) An economy which grows over a period of time tends to slow down the growth as a part of the normal economic cycle. An economy typically expands for 6-10 years and tends to go into a recession for about six months to 2 years. A recession normally takes place when consumers lose confidence in the growth of the economy and spend less. This leads to a decreased demand for goods and services‚ which in turn leads to a decrease in production‚ lay-offs and
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The Causes and Consequences of Financial Crisis in 2007 – 2008: From the Historical Perspective I. INTRODUCTION In September 2008‚ the financial crisis abruptly transmitted to emerging markets. It began with the credit boom‚ steeply rising home prices and finally led to the global imbalances in foreign trade. In a short time‚ the problems in subprime market became increasingly visible and include the failure of several subprime originators. The reason why it created a shortage of U.S. dollars in
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Macroeconomics Project Paper An Analysis of the Great Recession in the US My motivation for choosing this topic came from the fact that while the Recession was beginning in 2007‚ I was first in basic training than subsequently in Iraq. This Recession affected many of my family members and friends negatively and me not being here for it lessens its impact and my understanding of how it affected the entire country. I was employed‚ never worried about a paycheck‚ and had very little access
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roles played by bank capital in the banking business. This report briefly outlines the main functions of bank capital and takes a brief look at the benefits of bank capital to the bank and the banking industry. It is hoped that from reading this paper a general understanding of the roles of bank capital in the banking business can be gained. Bank Capital A bank ’s capital also known as equity is the margin by which creditors are covered if the bank ’s assets were liquidated. A bank must hold enough
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When did corrective actions begin? When President Barack Obama was sworn in on January 20‚ 2009 he brought with him a plan and an execution of ideas to bring the United States of America out of the Great Recession. This did not take just one or two plans; it took hundreds of acts‚ reforms‚ bills‚ and advice from the Department of Treasury. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is the umbrella to all of these plans to push the United States of America into the right direction. The
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