What reforms to the banking sector are needed?

Readers Question: Creating a post recession; what steps should the EU take to reform the banking sector? I have looked at this important issue in this essay: – Steps to Avoid Financial Crisis Reforms To The Banking Sector Could Include Regulation of Mortgage Products Unconventional Mortgages like 100% mortgages, self-certification, interest only, mortgages several times …

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Revising economic growth statistics

Readers Question: Does growth forecast always corresponds to the mesured growth? If a bias exist, is it always on the same side? Recently, growth statistics published on February 26th showed that the GDP figures for the fourth quarter of 2009 were a higher than first recorded. GDP grew by 0.3%, rather than the initial estimate …

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Question: Does the financial crisis have any positive effects for the future?

Readers Question: Does it (financial crisis) have any possible positive effects for the future? It is an opportunity to repair a broken financial system and put in safeguards to prevent future boom and busts. For example, we could have policies which banks automatically hold more deposits during a boom to provide  counter cyclical instruments. Better …

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Changing Your Bank

Some people or businesses are reluctant to switch banks because they think the process could be time-consuming and risk loosing information.  It is easy to stay with the bank you first chose through inertia when but switching your account could help you get a better deal. The Banking Conduct of Business Sourcebook (BCOBS) which replaced …

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Why a death tax would make a good tax

As the old saying goes there are two certainties in life – death and taxation. So why not combine the two and raise revenue from inherited wealth? I have written on this topic before Why are we reluctant to tax Wealth? But, I would like to make another case for why a ‘death’ tax meets …

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Jobs for Economic Graduates

Readers Question: If I have to get economic master degree, what kind of job İ will apply in real life. Can you give me list of economic job? The most common questions I get asked by students is either? Why didn’t you get a better paid job in the city? What Job can I get …

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