The Minsky Model of a General Financial Crisis A Synopsis of ‘Chapter 2 -- The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis’ in Manias, Panics and Crashes - A History of Financial Crises by Charles P. Kindleberger and Robert Z. Aliber, Sixth Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, Copyright 2011 By William R. Henry, Ph.D. (May 08, 2013) Since the end of the Great Depression “…financial failure has been more extensive and pervasive” in the 30-year period 1980 to 2010 than at any other time leading up to the present day (p. 7). Four financial crises occurred in this 30-year period. The closest in time of the four financial crises to the present period is the recent liquidity crisis, the so-called Great Recession of 2007 – 2009, beginning in the United States, Great Britain, Spain, Ireland and Iceland. Eventually all of the countries of the Eurozone succumbed to the disequilibria of the Great Recession with the Eurozone’s suffering further intensifying because of the emergence of the so-called Sovereign Debt Crisis, a sub-crisis morphing out of the Great Recession in 2010 and 2011, involving Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Cyprus. The Sovereign Debt Crisis is still ongoing having recently extended itself into calendar year 2013.
(2008) examined the unique role of international credit rating agencies in affecting domestic and cross-country stock markets by using the sovereign rating changes announced by Standard & Poor’s and daily stock returns of five countries for the period from January 1990 to March 2003. It concludes that stock returns in the five countries that were hit hardest by the 1997 financial crisis are shown to be significantly affected by sovereign credit rating changes in their own countries. It shows that the stock markets are significantly impacted by downgrades in sovereign credit ratings during the crisis period. Furthermore, according to Ibrahim et al. (2014) sovereign credit rating changes do have an impact on stock market returns, although there are differing reactions to news from the rating agencies.
(asic.gov.au) · As the financial markets became mainstream and matured, the access to capital markets and their scrutiny have both increased. Along with the added volatility, the lending markets have seen similar risks as equity markets. With the increased speed of both financial information and market changes, the rating agencies are more important as a first step, as they are to be scrutinized for their ratings and the trend in their rating changes. (investopedia.com) · CRAs and their ratings played a critical role in the recent market turmoil. Unlike securities trading on deeper, more transparent markets, credit ratings have had an inordinate impact on the valuation and liquidity of subprime RMBSs and RMBS backed
As seen on the income statement by accounts receivable and annual credit sales Amazon was able to decrease the amount of days it took to collect on accounts receivable. The financial state of Amazon at this point of review, as some concerns with common stock outstanding, this led to the period in which the income statement shows a $-39 million dollar on net income. In 2012 sales did increase only due to more electronic transactions, new innovative Internet transactions and the rise in shipping costs, due to this there was a significant rise in prices of the products that Amazon sells. In 2013 Amazon must increase net income and retained earnings in order to continue to be a successful corporation.
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m. a meeting was held by the FOMC (The Federal Reserve, 2011). Reports say developments in domestic and foreign markets are evident since the last FOMC meeting on June 21-22, 2011 (The Federal Reserve, 2011). An indication proved the recovery of the economy remained slow in recent months (The Federal Reserve, 2011). Labor markets conditions remained weak, and the recent recession was deeper than previously thought according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (The Federal Reserve, 2011). This was realized by the real gross domestic product and how it did not attain its pre-recession peak by the second quarter of 2011 (The Federal Reserve, 2011).
The author of this article, Jeannine Aversa, is stating that key economic indicators point to the likelihood of a recession. Aversa supports her thoughts by noting the real GDP; “crawled at a 1.3 percent pace in the opening quarter of 2007…even weaker than the sluggish 2.5 percent rate in the closing quarter of last year.” The author suggests the main cause of the economic slowdown is due to “the housing slump.” Consumer expenditures are driving the economy, but Aversa worries about a “fallout from risky mortgages and rising energy prices.” Uncertainty of the Feds actions concerning the interest rates is leading to lower investment spending. The author also states that the Feds decision on raising or lowering the interest is due to the
Assignment 2 The Current Assessment of the Federal Reserve Kim Jenner Professor Brian Stevens Money and Banking Economics 320 24 November 2011 Georgetown University Describe the Federal Reserve’s assessment of the current economic activity and financial markets. The Federal Reserve’s current assessment of economic activity and financial markets today can best be described as “Strengthening” within the third quarter in the areas of commodities and the price of energy where both were down from one year ago, also consumer price inflation and other goods and services also seemed to have peak and have started a downward descent from there long-run expectations. With the help of the communications workers union who were on strike during
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Running head: The Economy, Monetary Policy, and Monopolies The Economy, Monetary Policy, and Monopolies Shalanda Massenburg Professor Lloyd Amaghionyeodiwe ECO100 December 4, 2012 Analyze the current economic situation in the U.S. as compared to five years ago. Include interest rates, inflation, and unemployment in your analysis. The United States is the most advanced countries in the world. There has been a downfall in the number of houses being sold; interest rates have hit rock bottom, and a record weakening in the federal budget balance. All this is due to the downward fall in the economy.