Role of Commercial Banks in the Economic Development of a Country: Commercial banks are one of the three primary agents which help circulating funds in the market. Commercial banks provide loans and corporate bonds to the households‚ new start ups and small medium enterprises to run their businesses. It also obtains money from the households and invests that money to other profitable investments. The money held as customer account then accrues interest which is given to the customer in the form
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U.S. Monetary Policy and What the Federal Reserve does. According to the Congressional Budget Office monetary policy is‚ "The strategy of influencing movements of the money supply and interest rates to affect output and inflation. An "easy" monetary policy suggests faster growth of the money supply and initially lower short-term interest rates in an attempt to increase aggregate demand‚ but it may lead to a higher rate of inflation. A "tight" monetary policy suggests slower growth of the money
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financial training to examine Annual Report and Accounts before they were presented to shareholders. Since then‚ the function has grown in importance and had continued to enjoy recognition and fortification by various companies Acts worldwide. In Nigeria‚ similar recognition was first carried by the companies Act 1968‚ and currently by the Companies and Allied Matters Decree 1990. Olusanya (2000)‚ said that auditing‚ as it exists today‚ developed quite late because the development of accounting
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Monetary policy 2012-2013 * Reduce the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points from 8.5 per cent to 8.0 per cent with immediate effect. * The reverse repo rate under the LAF‚ determined with a spread of 100 basis points below the repo rate‚ stands adjusted to 7.0 per cent with immediate effect. * Raise the borrowing limit of scheduled commercial banks under the marginal standing facility (MSF) from 1 per cent to 2 per cent of their net demand and time
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INTRODUCTION:- Every country needs the services of financial institutions for accelerating the pace of development. Commercial banks have played a critical role in the economic development of a country. Now a day’s commercial banks are important not just from the point of view of economic growth‚ but also financial stability. In emerging economies‚ commercial banks are special for three important reasons. First‚ they take a leading role in developing other financial intermediaries and markets
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1. Compare and contrast the strategic service vision of El Banco and United Commercial Bank. Strategic Service Vision Element Service Delivery System Providing informal atmosphere to differentiate services Due to focus on the Hispanic customers‚ El Banco allocated the branch at a more convenient location for a easy accessible to the community Hire employees based on Spanish-speaking Operating Strategy Focused on fee-based services‚ such as cash third party checks Offers home mortgage financing to
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I agree with Milton Freedman’s argument on “the role of monetary policy”. “I favor his statement because his evidence supports his claim regarding monetary policy. Monetary policy is a set of rules to control a nation’s money and achieve economic growth. Monetary policy was created to target inflation and interest rates and help stabilize them. Millions of freedmen’s opinion on the role of monetary policy is that when producers‚ consumers‚ employees‚ and employers expand‚ without a doubt‚ the average
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The impact of central bank independence on the performance of inflation targeting regimes* Sami Alpandaa‚ Adam Honiga** a Amherst College‚ Amherst‚ MA 01002 May‚ 2011 ______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper examines the benefits of inflation targeting in both advanced and emerging economies. We do not detect significant effects in advanced economies and only find small benefits in emerging economies‚ in line with previous studies
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INTRODUCTION According to the World Bank reports about 1.1 billion people live in extreme poverty for less than US$ 1. The extreme poverty being in the developing countries of which 9% are from East Asia and the Pacific and 41% are from Sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania remains one of the 10 poorest countries in the world. Poverty remains widespread and deep‚ with half of Tanzanians living under conditions of deprivation‚ concentrated in the rural areas. Commercial Banks contribute to economic growth through
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PBOC’s Concretionary Monetary Policy 03 – 20 - 2011 As part of the China’s Monetary Policy team‚ most contributions were made on a shared basis with Ms. Fion Lau focusing on current policy implemented and tools used by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Benefited by Fion’s financial industry experience and access to various source including Bloomberg terminal‚ the data obtained is well collected and analyzed. Similar to that of the Federal Reserve‚ China’s monetary policy are designed and implemented
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