economics

Introduction Changes in economic ideology as well as progress in technology have perpetuated increases in capital mobility between nations. The North now takes advantage of cheap labor and a favorable investment climate in the South. With the help of global financial institutions, it has been possible for elite nations to compel poor ones to assimilate […]

Introduction With the world becoming a global village, every aspect of human life has also been integrated and trade has not been left behind either. The free movement of goods and services has been facilitated by the agreement between world economies; in the need and the benefits of promoting free international trade leading to trade […]

Economic indicators are pieces of data that are used by investors to deduce the current and future investments in a business or organizations (Rosenberg, 2011). These indicators are usually categorized at macroeconomic level in order to assist in assessing the overall performance of an economy (McEachern, 2011). However, such data can differ among different investors […]

The History of subprime mortgages in the U.S Subprime mortgages are mortgage loans awarded to poorly qualified homebuyers. This practice dates back to the 90’s when lending institutions due to competition turned focus to serve low-income earners. This category of homebuyers was less attractive to many lenders and those who ventured into it usually charged […]

Financial crisis refers to a situation in which the demand for money exceeds the amount of money in circulation. This mostly leads to people withdrawing a lot of money from the banks compelling the banks to liquidate some of their assets or collapse. The crises are caused by Massive external borrowing, merging credit with equity […]

The 2007/2008 financial meltdown greatly affected the economy of the whole world. There are sets of factors that might have led to the occurrence of this global recession. According to IMF report, the market instability is traceable back to 1997, in which rise in capital flows or global imbalances, loose monetary policies, and lack of […]

Introduction Tax cut is the reduction of tax charged by the government. This may be on individual or on corporate basis. The effects of tax cuts are increases in income to individuals and companies and a decrease in government income. The tax cut influence depends on the tax payers’ actions after it has been cut […]