What determines whether or not a resource is scarce? Why is the concept of scarcity important to the definition of economics? The determination of whether a resource is scarce is its supply in relation to demand such as land‚ labor capital and human capital. If there is not sufficient amount of resource to satisfy the demands‚ then resources are set to be scarce. On the other hand if supply exceeds it demand‚ then the resource is not scare not only that if the supply of a goods or service is low
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Dueling with the monetary crisis‚ in October 1983‚ the Government announced the policy fixed-linkage system to stabilize the fluctuation of Hong Kong currency. The influence of the linkage system was very noticeable. After the enforcement of this system‚ Hong Kong exchange rate maintained very steady even experienced the stock disaster (1987)‚ the Gulf War (1990)‚ the exchange rate mechanism in Europe (1992)‚ the monetary crisis in Mexico (1994-1995)‚ the financial crisis in Asia (1997-1998) and
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A MINSKY-KINDLEBERGER PERSPECTIVE ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS J. Barkley Rosser‚ Jr. (contact) Professor of Economics‚ James Madison University Tel: 540-568-3212‚ email: rosserjb@jmu.edu Marina V. Rosser‚ Professor of Economics James Madison University Tel: 540-568-3094‚ email: rossermv@jmu.edu Mauro Gallegati‚ Professor of Economics Università Politecnica delle Marche‚ Ancona‚ Italy Email: Mauro.gallegati@gmail.com January‚ 2012 Abstract: Hyman Minsky and Charles Kindleberger discussed
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com/hub/FINANCIAL-CRISIS-IN-DUBAI-REASINS-AND-EFFECTS FINANCIAL CRISIS IN DUBAI-REASONS AND EFFECTS Dubai-economic position That is Dubai-sky piercing towers‚ rotating buildings‚ spectacular architectural designs‚flow of petro-dollers‚broad and clean road notworks‚ etc‚etc.Businessmen‚ investers‚ and lusury-seekers‚ used to visit Dubai with all zeal. Some weeks ago‚ Dubai had issued to international investers‚ bonds worth $1.9trillion‚whiched sent the message that its economic position
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have to increases their capital by at least 25 billion pound and borrow from government. An additional 25 billion pound in extra capital will be available in exchange of preference shares. Government described as the root cause of current financial crisis is liquidity‚ capital and funding At least 200 billion pound will be made available from bank of England for short term borrowing to provide liquidity to banks Those banks who wished to strengthen capital ratios through the government is required
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Introduction The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009: Understanding Its Causes‚Consequences--and PossibleCures This environment of easy credit and the upward spiral of home prices made investments in higher yielding subprime mortgages look like a new rush for gold. The Fed continued slashing interest rates‚ emboldened‚ perhaps‚ by continued low inflation despite lower interest rates. In June 2003‚ the Fed lowered interest rates to 1%‚ the lowest rate in 45 years. The whole financial market started resembling
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Introduction: The economic and financial crisis from 2008 to 2009‚ also known as the global financial crisis‚ was considered to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The general situation at financial markets has been additionally complicated by introduction of new financial products and another mode of operations including globalization. Global financial markets seem to be playing different function in economy and it has been working due to new regulations. Introduction of new
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Introduction The financial crisis that began in 2007 spread and gathered intensity in 2008‚ despite the efforts of central banks and regulators to restore calm. By early 2009‚ the financial system and the global economy appeared to be locked in a descending spiral‚ and the primary focus of policy became the prevention of a prolonged downturn on the order of the Great Depression. The volume and variety of negative financial news‚ and the seeming impotence of policy responses‚ has raised new
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International Economics and Business Department “Impact of financial crisis on exchange rate” Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 1. Comparison of three episodes 5 2. INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIALS AND EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES 12 Conclusion 17 References 18 INTRODUCTION Financial crises are often associated with significant movements in exchange rates‚ which reflect both increasing risk aversion and changes in the perceived risk of
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Causes of The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 According to our financial textbook “ Financial crises are major disruptions in financial markets characterized by sharp declines in asset prices and firm failures” (Mishkin and Eakins 2012). In August 2007‚ defaults in mortgage market for subprime borrowers sent a shudder through the financial markets‚ leading to the worst U.S financial crisis since the Great Depression. Alan Greenspan‚ chairman of the Fed‚ described the financial crisis as a “once-in-a-century
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