Empirical Support for the ABCT?

Vasso P. Ioannidou, Steven Ongena, Jose Luis Peydro write: ... , using the Bolivian credit registry, we analyse on a loan-by-loan basis the impact of the US federal ... such as ex-post loan performance, internal credit ratings, loan rates, and borrower credit history [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 04:30:03

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Spain on Credit Watch

The international rating agency Standard & Poor’s announced last Monday January 12 that it had issued a downgrade warning on Spain’s triple-A sovereign rating. The news came as a surprise for the Spanish political elite, but was no surprise for investors in view of the increasing yield spread between the Spanish ten-year bonds [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:22:01

As The Market Collapses, Here Is What Is Going On.

So yesterday we saw a 500+ point drop in the market and todays chart looks like a see-saw. Exciting, no? No, not really ... Brothers Holdings Inc. and credit downgrades of American International Group Inc. led banks to hoard ... ) shares plummeted after the insurer’s credit ratings were cut, heightening concerns it might file [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 16:39:22

2018 - A Vision of the Future

One rainy day earlier this summer, nGenera’s Gov 2.0 Program Director, Dan Herman, locked three summer interns in a room (Ben and Jude, and I) ... now mandatory for any agency that received government funds. They gave citizens access ... account from UniBank. It had low credit rates and high savings rates. Donald thought it sounded good [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 14:35:13

Managing Down "Bretton Woods" Expectations

Hyperbole has become a mainstay of discourse in the US ... , stricter regulation of hedge funds, new rules for credit-rating companies and changes at the International [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 06:38:40

Money Hacks Carnival - New Year’s Eve Edition

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve Edition of Money Hacks Carnival ... and interest rates after the offer expires.” Silicon Valley Blogger presents How To Get Free Credit ... and high unemployment, a major international stock market crash, he housing and credit bubbles [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:03:10

Restructuring the International Financial System: A New Bretton Woods?

The members of the G-20 are meeting in Washington on November 15 to discuss reform of the global financial system ... about fixing exchange rates, as the 1944 meeting did. Detour for an anecdote.  In mid-1998 ... of credit to institutions and under terms not contemplated [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 23:27:14

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