Behind Closed Doors at the IMF

By Jim Rickards Jim RickardsThe Washington, D.C., area is thick with secret agencies with“three-letter names,” such as CIA, FBI, NSA […]

By MarketAngel | 18 Oct 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Development finance institution

A development finance institution (DFI) is an alternative financial institution which includes microfinance institutions, community development financial institution and revolving […]

By M Guliyev | 30 Oct 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Federal Funds

Federal Funds are excess reserves that commercial banks deposit at regional Federal Reserve banks. Federal funds can then be lent […]

By M Guliyev | 27 Sep 12 | Posted in Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Global financial system

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The global financial system (GFS) is the financial system consisting of institutions and regulators that […]

By M Guliyev | 14 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

China’s Banks Are Important for America, Too

By Douglas J. Elliott, Fellow, Brookings Institute, We all realize by now that China’s economy matters greatly to America, directly […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 May 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Stocks’ Surge Wipes Out November’s Declines

By JONATHAN CHENG Global financial markets rebounded on Wednesday as soothing news out of China, Europe and the U.S. restored […]

By Bo | 02 Dec 10 | Posted in Commodities, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

October 2010 Update for TIGER: Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery

Editor’s Note: In collaboration with the Financial Times (FT), Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda of Brookings have developed a set […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Oct 10 | Posted in Statistics | Comments (0)