1971, the 1973 oil crisis, and the 1973–1974 stock market crash, which led to the 1970s recession. Narrowly defined, the period spanned from 1945 to 1952, with overall growth lasting well until 1971, though there are some debates on dating the period, and booms in individual countries differed, some starting as early as 1945, and overlapping the rise of the East Asian economies into the 1980s or 1990s. During this time there was high worldwide economic growth; Western European and East Asian countries
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reform after the crisis. Part I is background, generally introduces the Wall Street crisis. How it happened? What consequence it has? Part II is mainly about AIG’s CDS business: how AIG got involved in the crisis and why the biggest world insurance company suddenly collapsed. Part III is about credit default swaps: definition, construction, and problems. Part IV is concerned on the regulation reform after AIG’s failure. Wall Street Crisis Speaking of the Wall Street crisis, people all know it
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The Global Financial Crisis Introduction The global financial crisis which started in early 2007 has proven to be perhaps the great financial catastrophe in history. Although it traces its roots back to the starting of the millennia, the subsequent meltdown was most gruesome over the past 3 years. What began as a crisis of the sub-prime mortgage market in the United States quickly transcended national borders and developed into a upheaval of epic proportions. What ensued was a systematic debacle
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Pamphlet Series No. 53 Governance of the IMF Decision Making, Institutional Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability Leo Van Houtven INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 2002 Pamphlet Series No. 53 Governance of the IMF Decision Making, Institutional Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability Leo Van Houtven INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Washington, D.C. 2002 ISBN 1-58906-130-6 ISSN 0538-8759 August 2002 The views expressed in this pamphlet, including any legal aspects,
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Estimates and Causes of Capital Flight from Central and East European Countries Josef C. Brada W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-3806 USA josef.brada@asu.edu Ali M. Kutan Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL 62026-1102 USA akutan@siue.edu Goran Vukšić Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb, Croatia goran@ijf.hr ABSTRACT We estimate capital flight from twelve transition economies of Central
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causes for the Great Depression was due to the high tariffs and war debts. Many European nations owed billions of dollars to the United States. These nations that were so far in debt were impacted so strongly by World War I that they had no way of paying back their debt. The United States insisted the debt be paid off. The allies then demanded that Germany pay them through the Treaty of Versailles. This led to financial crisis when Europe couldn’t purchase goods from the United States. The
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110 | Exchange Rate(USD/EUR) | 1.38 (8, Nov. 2011) | | 1.33 | 1.40 | 1.38 | 1.43 | Special Factors | 1 Japanese earthquake2 Sovereign debt crisis in Europe | Analysis of International Economic Environment a) World demand Table 1.1.2 GDP, Real Percent Change of Previous Year In 2011, the world in a whole is still suffering from 2008 financial crisis. Although world-demand is increasing, the growth rate is not very favorable. b) Economy of USA In United States, the growth rate of
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ICB Independent Commission on Banking Final Report Recommendations September 2011 ICB Independent Commission on Banking Final Report Recommendations September 2011 Official versions of this document are printed on 100% recycled paper. When you have finished with it please recycle it again. If using an electronic version of the document, please consider the environment and only print the pages which you need and recycle them when you have finished. © Crown copyright
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INDEX INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………....p.2 2. INTRODUCTION TO THE CRISIS .…………………………………...p.4 3. THE FINANCIAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE CAUSES. ………………...p.5 4. CONSEQUENCES 4.1. FINANCIAL MARKETS 4.1.1. 2007 ………………………………………………………….p.9 4.1.2. 2008 ………………………………………………………….p.11 4.2. CONSTRUCTIVE BUBBLE ……………………………………...p.12 5. GOVERNMENT INTERVENCION ON… 5.1. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FEDERAL RESERVE AND CENTRAL BANKS ………………..p.19 5.1.2. EMERGENCY ECONOMIC
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A Therapy for Healing the Global Financial Crisis Miranti Kartika Dewi 1 *Researcher of Centre for Islamic Economics and Business ** Lecturer of Department of Accounting Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia Ilham Reza Ferdian * Student of Master of Science on Finance Programme Kuliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences International Islamic University Malaysia ** Fellow of PT. Bank Muamalat Indonesia ABSTRACT Global financial crisis which hit many too-big-too-fail countries and
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