Sentences with phrase «major financial crises»

We're steadily paying down our debt, and we haven't had any major financial crises.

And that was over a period that included a major financial crisis, which could be expected to favor the hedge fund.

The lesson: if there is a long term investment thesis, even a major financial crisis is a short term hurdle.

Both generations grew up amid a major financial crisis, making them less willing to spend and more likely to save.

The bank believes that one of the major risks facing cryptocurrencies is their inability to cope with a major financial crisis.

Amidst a major financial crisis, some in the Town of Evans are suggesting the municipality may save nearly half a million dollars by cutting its police department and having the Erie County Sheriff's Office assume control of public protection.

Interest rates in these countries are at least 4 % higher than in the U.S. or Europe and the credit quality of most of these countries is investment grade, plus the holdings of the larger ETFs are so widely distributed that unless one had a major financial crisis, similar to the Asian crisis in 1995 or the financial meltdown in 2008, one's investment should weather most isolated storms.

I bought it in late 2006 after the local real estate bubble popped but before the major financial crisis.

However, remember that if a major financial crisis occurs and you must use the credit line, this could be a path to foreclosure.

With student loan debt gradually becoming what some believe will be the next major financial crisis, saving for college has never been more important.

In the 12 months since my last state of the sector address, we've experienced a major financial crisis, a freeze up in the credit markets, a collapse in housing prices and sales, record foreclosures, a painful recession, a huge jump in unemployment, a surge in bankruptcies, and a dramatic increase in the demand for NFCC Member services.

In the absence of their income the household will suffer a major financial crisis.

Many divorces occur shortly after a major financial crisis in a family, like a failed investment or an unexpected death in the family.

If a couple chooses to get a divorce, the dependent partner without their (former) partner's financial assistance, will have to face major financial crisis or lifestyle degradation.

Not exact matches

The financial crisis slammed oil prices, but you can see from the graph that there was also a major break in the pricing relationships which had held so tightly up to then.

Every so often, the Federal Reserve requires major banks to run a «stress test» to see how they'd handle a financial crisis.

Heading into January 2016 this issue became a major concern for investors, particularly as it became apparent these loans, taken together, are three times larger than the sub-prime loans that caused the 2008 financial crisis.

In addition, Mui reported on major international stories, including the Greek financial crisis and Brexit, as well as national disasters such as the BP oil spill and Hurricane Katrina.

This has been a major feature of the market post the global financial crisis.

The BoJ has been the least expansionary of major central banks since the 2007 - 2008 global financial crisis, Evans said, adding that its planned balance - sheet increase this year pales by comparison with the $ 1 trillion of assets that the U.S. Federal Reserve is slated to purchase.

«True, there are encouraging signs of economic recovery in those advanced economies most affected by the global financial crisis which erupted in 2008... [but] the report finds that those economic improvements will not be sufficient to absorb the major labor market imbalances that built up in recent years.»

Additionally, prices for its major commodity exports - crude oil and palm oil - have dropped sharply and its currency, the ringgit, is trading close to its lowest levels since the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s.

Axelrod insists the financial system will eventually face another major crisis, and that none of the changes he has seen will prevent another major bank from failing if a big one hits.

GIC, one of the first sovereign funds to invest in Western banks during the global financial crisis, retains the other major investment made at the time, a stake in Citigroup which is profitable at current prices.

The government stopped short, however, of bailing out the company as it did with major banks during the 2007 - 09 financial crisis.

A study from the University of Cambridge and Stanford holds that well - informed insiders at major U.S. banks bolstered profits thanks to advanced knowledge of government programs during the financial crisis.

Prices for major commodity exports crude oil and palm oil have dropped sharply and its currency, the ringgit, is trading close to its lowest levels since the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s.

When asked about contagion effects from the decline in oil prices, Yellen said that «leverage in the financial system in general is way down» from levels before the crisis, and said it isn't a «major» concern that some entities would be effected by the decline in oil prices.

Recent terrorist attacks throughout the continent have also added to the feeling of insecurity of many Europeans and the persisting austerity measures following the 2008 financial crisis are increasingly pushing people to seek alternatives to the current major parties.

And despite America's spending habits, the greenback is still seen as a safe haven whenever financial crises — including ones caused by Americans — hit because most major countries want to maintain the value of their national reserves, which include dollar - denominated assets.

The Lehman failure was significant because it was the first time in the crisis that losses were incurred by creditors of a major financial institution.

In all three examples when the VIX went below 10, markets were more than five years into recoveries from major plunges: The 1987 crash, the dot - com implosion in 2000 and the financial crisis in 2008 - 09.

The central bank, based in Frankfurt, used typically understated and technical language to describe its actions, but it appears to have done what its leadership said throughout 2011 that it would not do: namely, flood the financial markets with euros in a Hail Mary attempt to make sure that the region's sovereign debt crisis does not lead to a major financial shock.

As you can see, the 2007 - 2008 global financial crisis had much less of an impact on state unemployment rates compared to other major countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, the European Union and United States.

Significant economic slack emerged in major developed markets (DM) since the global financial crisis and in emerging markets (EM) following the macroeconomic adjustment in 2014 - 16.

As you can see, most major economies dramatically cut infrastructure spending after the financial crisis, indicating it might be time to put some of that $ 17.6 trillion to good use.

Even if such a bailout were to occur, investors should be careful what they wish for — virtually none of the major bailouts in the financial crisis ended well for shareholders who usually found themselves diluted out of existence or with their stock outright cancelled.

They also provided the backdrop if not the catalyst to the crisis that hit the major financial centers in 1998.

It was a world characterised by massive swings in our terms of trade, and a very serious international financial crisis followed by a deep global recession, not to mention the effects of the adoption of «non-conventional» policies in the major jurisdictions.

There has not been a major bout of financial instability or a foreign financial crisis in the past four years.

In so doing, this flow of saving helped to fuel a credit boom and risk - taking in major advanced economies, particularly in the United States, thereby sowing the seeds of the global financial crisis.

«Swap lines — along the lines provided by major central banks early in the crisis — can help,» and the IMF stands «ready to provide policy advice and financial support,» she said.

general economic conditions, consumer confidence, consumer spending patterns and market disruptions including severe weather conditions, natural disasters, health hazards, terrorist activities, financial crises, political crises or other major events, or the prospect of these events;

Under this law, a major oil spill could trigger a financial crisis for Kinder Morgan, Inc..

The collapse of the banking system in Argentina came very close to triggering a financial crisis in London, the major international financial center.

Meanwhile, bid - ask spreads in major corporate bond markets have narrowed sharply in recent years, but remain somewhat wider than the levels observed immediately before the global financial crisis (Graph 2, right - hand panel).

The major exceptions were just before the financial crisis where CPI was running at 4.0 % and during the crisis where CPI dropped into negative territory.

It's a little known but important fact that in the years around the financial crisis of 1929 and the Great Depression (from 1929 to 1932), lots of small and regional banks went under, but no major New York bank did.

Granted, the two major drops in value during this period — first when the tech bubble burst, then during the financial crisis — were among the worst the market has ever witnessed.

One of the major hallmarks of the Bull Run after the financial crisis was the lack of volatility.