country around 40% of people lack access to even basic financial services like savings‚ credit and insurance facilities. So an inclusive sector should not only serve the bankable clients‚ but also integrate the "unbankable" clients by making them "bankable". Many actions taken by the government like Nationalizing of Banks‚ 40% of credit targets to priority sector‚ opening of RRBs and LABs‚ etc for past three decades are one form of financial inclusion‚ but still around 80 % of rural households do
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views about the relation between economic growth and financial development. First‚ financial development has impact on economic growth (i.e. Bagehot‚ 1873; Schumpeter‚ 1912; McKinnon‚ 1973; Shaw‚ 1973; Patrick‚ 1966; Goldsmith‚ 1969; Fry‚ 1973). Second‚ economic growth leads to financial development and that where there is economic growth financial development follows (i.e. Robinson‚ 1952). The third view‚ however‚ contends that both financial development and economic growth Granger cause one another
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The Role of Financial Institutions in Financial Markets and Financial Crises 1. The Financial Market and The Recent Financial Crisis 1 2. Financial Institutions 3 2.1 Types of Financial Institutions 3 2.2 The Role of Financial Institutions in the Financial Markets 4 2.3 The Role of Financial Institutions in the Financial Crisis 6 3. Conclusion 7 1. Financial Market and Financial Crisis Technology‚ globalization‚ competition
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Question and answers for homework-1 1. What is the difference between a financial asset and a tangible asset? A tangible asset is one whose value depends upon certain physical properties‚ e.g. land‚ capital equipment and machines. A financial asset‚ which is an intangible asset‚ represents a legal claim to some future benefits or cash flows. The value of a financial asset is not related to the physical form in which the claim is recorded. 2. What is the difference between the claim
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A financial system comprises a range of financial institutions‚ financial instruments and financial markets which interact to facilitate the flow of funds through the financial system. Overseeing the financial system‚ and sometimes taking a direct role‚ is the central bank and/or the prudential supervisor. There are four participants in the financial system such as lenders‚ borrowers‚ financial intermediaries and regulatory bodies. Firstly‚ lenders are a saving surplus unit is one whose income
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risk associated with individual events that affect a particular asset: • Firm – specific risk that’s reduced through the construction of diversified portfolios 4. Business Risk – risk associated with the nature of a business 5. Financial Risk – risk associated with the types of financing used to acquire assets 6. Non-diversifiable risk (systematic risk) – risk associated with fluctuations in securities prices and other non-firm-specific factors; market risk that is not reduced
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MIFS Assignment 1 Name: Sudipt Kumar Section: FWF1 12-14 Question What is the role of financial intermediaries in conduct and development of economy? And what are the sources affecting the growth of financial system? Answer FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES A financial intermediary (such as a bank) simultaneously interacts with savers (or lenders) and borrowers and produces a set of services which facilitate the transformation of its liabilities (such as deposits) into assets (such as loans). The
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RESEARCH FINDINGS ON FINANCIAL LITERACY IN EUROPE HONOURS RESEARCH PAPER 10/31/2010 PALLAVI SOMANI SYBMS INDEX FINANCIAL LITERACY………………………………………….2 EUROPE AND FINANCIAL LITERACY………………………...4 EUROPEAN UNION AND FINANCIAL LITERACY……………9 FRANCE……………………………………………………………15 GERMANY…………………………………………………………18 ITALY………………………………………………………………21 UNITED KINGDOM……………………………………………….24 SPAIN……………………………………………………………….27 OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL LITERACY IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ………………………………………...29
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DEVELOPMENT: CHINA Fall 2013 Professor Guofu Tan Department of Economics University of Southern California Topic 11: Banks and Financial Markets 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Basics: Saving and Capital Formation Basics: The Financial System and the Allocation of Funds to Real Investment The Financial System in China Reform the Banking System Development of Financial Markets Econ 346: Economics of Transition and Development: China Guofu Tan Basics: Saving and Capital Formation 3
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| American Electric Power Co. | Financial Analysis Report | | Industry Outlook The energy industry in its entirety involves the production and sale of energy‚ fuel extraction‚ manufacturing‚ refining and distribution. As our society consumes enormous amounts of fuel‚ the energy industry becomes more of a necessity to the infrastructure and maintenance of civilization worldwide. Indeed energy use is considered to be one of the most significant factors to the expansion of
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