inflation in the UK. Inflation is defined as ‘the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising‚ and‚ subsequently‚ purchasing power is falling’. It is in fact measured as a percentage increase over a certain period of time in a given price index‚ for example: Retail Price Index or the GDP deflator. The reason for this is that effective comparisons are made possible when percentage changes are shown easily. The rate of inflation gives us a snapshot
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Impact of the Second World War on America Written by: Latrice Jones-Lanclos World War II‚ or the Second World War‚ was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945‚ which involved most of the world’s nations‚ including all of the great powers: eventually forming two opposing military alliances‚ the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history‚ with more than 100 million military personnel mobilized. In a state of "total war‚" the major participants placed their entire
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Global Financial Crisis for Four Important Economic Sectors in Indonesia The global economic crisis that occurred in several countries of the world in economy sector has resulted in higher volatility in weaker economic growth. European region in the global have monetary crisis that caused by the national debt of Greece‚ also Ireland and Portugal have same problem‚ and eventually affected almost the entire European Union‚ the political deterioration of Countries in the Middle East‚ the nuclear
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influence of deregulation on banks profitability in Nigeria. The discussion on the deregulation can be effectively carried out without understanding what monetary policy is all about. In this content‚ monetary policy could be defined as a policy which deals with discretionary control of money supply by the monetary authorities in order to achieve stated economic goal of society. The performance of the Nigeria economy has on the decline for a long time now. However the central bank has been issuing series
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Loans are the main source of income for financial institutions. There are many types of loans‚ such as car loan‚ and house loan. The high number of loans increases the credit risk. According to Investopedia‚ non-performing loans are loans that are in default‚ or is close to being in default. However‚ this can also depend on the contract terms‚ for example‚ the failure to promptly pay interest or principal when due. Default occurs when a debtor is unable to meet the legal obligation of debt repayment
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Investment bank Vs. Commercial banks Many factors directly and indirectly caused the ongoing 2007–2012 global financial crisis which started with the US subprime mortgage crisis. One of the main culprits that is often pointed to as one of the main triggers of the global financial crisis are the mortgage derivative products‚ where risky mortgages were packaged with more traditionally secure mortgages and sold to corporate investors and other banks as secure investment products. This packaging of
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In this article‚ I present evidence that psychological pitfalls played a crucial role in generating the global financial crisis that began in September 2008. The evidence indicates that specific psychological phenomena—reference point–induced risk seeking‚ excessive optimism‚ overconfidence‚ and categorization—were at work. I am not saying that fundamental factors‚ such as shifts in housing demand‚ changes in global net savings rates‚ and rises in oil prices‚ were not relevant. They most certainly
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION AS COMPARED TO TODAY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS ABSTRACT The financial crisis which the United States is combating today‚ in many aspects resembles the characteristics and consequences which were the outcome of the Great Depression lasting from the time period 1929 till 1933 (Great Depression). The Great Depression of earlier times and the financial crisis of the current times from 2003-2008 will be studied in depth in the following research work in
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IMPACT OF 2007-2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON KENYA’S REAL ESTATE MARKET; A CASE STUDY OF NAIROBI CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Real estate sector is one of the critical pillars in a country’s economic growth and development. Property makes up 5.3% of Kenya’s GDP and has shown positive growth since 2001 (Keeler‚ 2009). It spurs investment in both Formal and informal sectors. The sector provides employment to a big percentage of Kenyans in mortgage companies‚ consultant firms‚
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The intention of this essay is to provide an in depth and critical analysis of the financial crisis that took place between 2007-2009‚ in particular focusing on some key issues raised by the Foote‚ Gerardi and Willen paper ‘Why did so many people make so many Ex Post bad decisions?’ Whilst there were many contributing factors‚ it is clear that a specific few played a particularly dominant role‚ primarily the ‘Bubble Theory’‚ irresponsible regulation‚ toxic CDO’s and $62 trillion of CDS’s. ‘That’s
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