IMPACTS OF MONETARY POLICY SHOCKS ON THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN BANKS IN MALAYSIA Salina Hj Kassim Turkhan Ali Abdul Manap Department of Economics Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences International Islamic University Malaysia Jalan Gombak 53100 Kuala Lumpur ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of monetary policy shocks on bank loans extended by local banks and foreign banks in Malaysia over the period from January 1991 to December 2006. It adopts the impulse response
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weak and fragile‚ but our first five presidents helped build a foundation for the United States of America to become stronger. George Washington‚ John Adams‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ and James Monroe helped shape our country with their foreign policies. Some chose neutrality‚ some chose isolation and some even wanted war. Our first president‚ George Washington‚ had wanted to stay neutral with other nations. George Washington had created the Proclamation of Neutrality to this and “adopt and
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Luke Pelagio Due 5/27/2011 Period 4 Machiavelli: Realism Over Idealism Nicolo Machiavelli is known as being an archetypical realist; in other words‚ he was someone who originated the idea that we should not try to figure out how people should be‚ but rather accept and deal with the world as it literally is. Unlike Machiavelli‚ Plato posited an idealist view of a philosopher king reigning through virtue. To Machiavelli‚ this is an extremely dangerous delusion for it ignores what he considers
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Jay Gatsby himself is an illusion‚ whose loyalty and naive personality make him a victim of senseless people who lack morals. Given the name James Gatz at birth‚ he “invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent” by taking his hopes and dreams and molding them into his new identity. He even goes as far as creating a new name‚ Jay Gatsby. He lived‚ and continues to live‚ the dreams of a seventeen year old boy. In reality‚ Gatsby creates a new‚ substantive
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Indian Foreign Policy: Non Alignment in the midst of the Cold War At the onset of the cold war‚ the world was rapidly developing into two hostile camps‚ one dominated by the west – most particularly by the US – and the other by the USSR. The two superpowers differed only by ideology‚ the US with capitalism and the USSR with communism‚ but both sought to aggressively spread their ideologies and expand their spheres of influence to other sovereign nations. No means was spared in this expansion‚
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Discussion Topic Conflict of Interest HCM 331 Mount Olive College Jackie Hardy Introduction Conflict of interest is a situation that has the potential to undermine the independence of a person because of the possibility of a clash between the person ’s self-interest and professional interest or public interest (Business Dictionary‚ 2012). A conflict of interest can arise when someone have dual interests or duties. Healthcare is a very common issue for conflict of interest issues. In this report
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How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment A Review By Jacques Morisset1 And Neda Pirnia 1 Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)‚ a joint service of the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank. The opinions and arguments expressed are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the above institutions. We would like to thank Bijit Bora‚ Gokhan Alkinci and Carl Aaron for their comments. To be published in “New Directions
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going through the collective impact that Interest groups and lobbyists have in today’s lawmaking. If‚ and how the government should apply tougher restrictions‚ limitations and oversight on interest groups‚ who have access to greater funds‚ in an ability to allow all of our voices to count equally and account for the same amount of influence. The most basic definition of an interest group is the collection of individuals organized to influence public policy‚ primarily through attempting to influence
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Women In The 1920s The lifestyle of women changed drastically in the 1920s. They gained liberties in all aspects such as marriage‚ politics‚ jobs and even self expression‚ along with various other features. Still limited‚ the liberties gained outweighed the restrictions that still occurred. This gave women the freedom needed and ability to show that they were independent and could stand on their own‚ making their own decisions. It started with a group of rebellious women known as flappers.
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Discuss the evolution of United States foreign policy from 1919 to 1962. From WWI to the Cold War‚ the period from 1919 to 1962 is one that is packed with conflict. However‚ the US’s response to conflict wasn’t always the same. There was a progressive evolution from Isolationism to Interventionism in American foreign policy in the twentieth century in the name of international peace. Shortly after the capitulation of Germany at the end of WWI‚ Wilson‚ then president of the United States
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