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International Monetary Fund ’
Nov 21st, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
Iceland today (Thursday) secured nearly $11 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other nations. The bailout will help the island nation stabilize its currency and recapitalize its banks, but it will also saddle its tiny population with a huge debt burden.
Tags: Banking Crisis, Currency Trade, Danske Bank, Danske Bank A/S, Foreign Currency, government bailout, Iceland bailout, Icelandic Krona, International Monetary Fund, Jason Simpkins
Posted in Financial News |
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Nov 13th, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
The World Bank said yesterday that it plans to triple its lending to developing nations this year in an effort to prevent a “human crisis” that has been brought about by economic turmoil.
Tags: Economic Turmoil, Emerging Markets, Fuel Crises, Global Economic Growth, Global Financial Crisis, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Jason Simpkins, World Bank
Posted in Financial News |
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Nov 10th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
China unveiled yesterday (Sunday) what it described as a “massive” economic stimulus package – a planned capital infusion of $586 billion that it plans to use to reverse its slowing growth, to loosen credit and to offset slowing global growth by stoking domestic demand.
Tags: ADP, ANF, Capital Infusion, China stimulus, Chinese Economy, CSCO, economic stimulus package, Ford Motor Co., Global Recession, Gm, GS, International Monetary Fund, JCP, JPM, JWN, Macy’s Inc., MER, NWS, Retail Sales, TWX, William Patalon III, WMT
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Nov 3rd, 2008 |
By Joel Bowman |
Category: Financial News
When the president of the United States visited this region almost a year ago, the city of Dubai closed down for the entire day. Locals and expats alike jokingly refer to this event of yore as “Bush Day,” a day when they stayed home from work and watched movies as the leader of the “free world” took a Big Bus tour of the city.
Tags: Crude Oil Prices, Gulf States, International Monetary Fund, Joel Bowman, Oil Prices, Oil Producing Countries, Opec, President Bush
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May 23rd, 2008 |
By David Stevenson |
Category: International Investing
Sometimes when you’re scouring the news, you see a statistic that renders you almost speechless. You can’t quite get your head around what it really means, you just know that it’s a knockout number.
Tags: Bank For International Settlements, CLSA Ltd., Credit Default Swaps, Derivatives Market, Global Derivatives, International Monetary Fund, World Gdp
Posted in International Investing |
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May 14th, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Politics & Economics
U.S. consumer prices rose less than forecast in the month of April, assuaging some inflation fears, but food prices experienced their biggest jump in 18 years.
Tags: , Biofuels, Bread Prices, Consumer Price, economics, energy prices, Food Prices, Global Food, IMF, inflation, International Monetary Fund, Labor Department, Milk Prices, National Economic Council, politics, Vegetable Prices
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May 9th, 2008 |
By Jack Crooks |
Category: International Investing
You can’t deny 2007 was the year of living dangerously in financial markets. So far this losing streak has continued through the first quarter—with the notable exception of soaring commodity markets!
Tags: , American International Group, Berkshire Hathaway, Commodity Markets, Credit Crunch, Global Stocks, House Prices, IMF, International Investing, International Monetary Fund, pound, Warren Buffett, yen
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Apr 24th, 2008 |
By Jeremy Batstone-Carr |
Category: International Investing
The long awaited first stab at UK gross domestic product (GDP) over Q1 2008 was released on Friday. Much has been written regarding the continuing crisis in the credit markets and the plight of the US economy, however, recent survey data indicates that whatever the problems in store for the UK over the next twelve months, so far activity appears to be holding up fairly well.
Tags: Bank Of England, credit crisis, Dysfunctional State, IMF, International Investing, International Monetary Fund, recession, UK
Posted in International Investing |
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Apr 14th, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Politics & Economics
George Soros first made a name for himself with The Quantum Fund, a hedge fund that’s often described as the first real global investment fund, which he and partner Jim Rogers founded in 1970.
Tags: Credit Losses, economics, George Soros, Government Bond Market, Hedge Fund, International Monetary Fund, Mortgage Crisis, politics, Quantum Fund, recession
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Apr 12th, 2008 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Featured, Financial News, International Investing
This is the Daily Mail’s reaction to Britain’s acceptance of Chinese security men on the streets of London this week during Olympic-torch protests in the city.
According to the paper, Chinese officials were ordering British police about and fighting running battles with British protesters. This, says columnist Anthony Browne, was “a brazen display of how confident China has become of its new place in the world, just as the British Government’s failure to take a firm stand on Chinese abuses of human rights shows how craven we have become.”
Tags: , Credit Crunch, dollar, Financial Shock, Great Depression, International Monetary Fund, Olympic Torch
Posted in Featured, Financial News, International Investing |
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