• What is the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

    • Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is a formulation of relief for lending institutions who are suffering due to the mortgage crisis because of the economic meltdown. Originally when this program was formulated in 2008 it... 

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  • How did Money Injections into Banks Helped the Economy

    • The economic meltdown was the result of the bust of the real estate and poor monitoring of funds lent out by banks. Many people bought properties borrowing from subprime mortgage, offered quite freely by the lending institutions.... 

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  • What is the Current Federal Stimulus Status

    • The impact of the collapse of the economy can be felt globally, and almost all businesses, investors and individuals have been badly affected, by the resulting recession. The Stimulus plan was an attempt to restore the economy... 

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  • What is The Subprime Mortgage Crisis

    • The Subprime Mortgage Crisis came about because of the boom and bust of the real estate market and the poor precautionary measures employed by the lending institutions. Around 2006 and before there was a boom in real estate... 

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  • Whats Next For The Stimulus Plan

    • The aim and motive of stimulus package was to support some of the multinational companies and banks to stabilize their position in the market. Year 2009 gave a lot of upheavals and topsy-turvy situations for many global... 

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  • Bridge Loan

    • Bridge loan is also known as caveat loan. It is known as bridging loan in UK. Some times Bridge loan is also known as Swing loan. This is a type of short-term loan typically taken out for duration of 2 weeks to 3 years. This... 

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  • Absorption

    • Overview Absorption in economics is the total demand for all types of marketed goods and services by all economic agents living in a given economy, in spite of the source of the goods and services. Absorption can also mean... 

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  • Line Of Credit

    • A line of credit (LOC) is a term used to describe a financial arrangement between a customer and any financial institution, such as a bank, which serves to establish the maximum loan balance amount that the bank allows the... 

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  • Interest Rates

    • An interest rate can be defined as the amount a borrower pays a lender for the use of money that is not owned by them. For example, a small business might borrow from a bank to start their business, and the lender receives... 

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  • MacroEconomics

    • This is a branch of economics which considers the performance of economy as a whole. It is concerned with aggregates like national income, national consumption and investment. It studies the national economy and determines... 

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  • Tobin Tax

    • Overview A Tobin tax is an excise tax suggested on currency trade across borders with an aim of putting a penalty on short-term currency speculation, taming the volatility of the currency market and restoring back the national... 

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  • Dividend Stripping

    • Overview Dividend stripping is the process of buying shares just before a dividend is paid and selling off the shares in question after the payment when the shares go back to normal (ex-dividend). Dividend stripping is done... 

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  • Monetary Policy

    • Monetary policy is the actions of the government, a monetary authority, currency board or the central bank of a country to establish the size and rate of development of the money supply which, as a result, affects the interest... 

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  • Primary-Total Deficit

    • Overview Primary, total or simply ‘deficit’ means interest payments less budget deficit of a country in a given period of time. It is the difference between the current net government spending and the sum value of the... 

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  • Transfer Tax

    • What is the description of transfer tax? It is simply an amount paid when an individual or entity is passing property to another individual or entity whereby the amount of tax paid depends entirely on the fair market value... 

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