Iceland’s Recovery

Iceland’s crisis was brutally severe. With a bloated current account deficit and bad debts, Iceland experienced a severe balance of payments crisis and banking losses. Iceland responded by: Not guaranteeing all banking debt. Many large banks failed and were seized by the government Allowing the currency to devalue by 50%. Imposed capital controls to prevent …

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Cost of Servicing Debt

Readers Question Richard Drayton, the Professor of Imperial History at Kings College London, says in a letter to the London Review of Books: “What is clear is that in May 2010 the percentage of UK GDP which went to servicing debt, even after the impact of the 2008 crisis, was, at 2.5 per cent, at …

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Reason for Eurozone Credit Rating Downgrades 2013

Readers Question: Hello! I was just wondering in the midst of the European crisis when all economically strong countries have been downgraded? Many countries in the Eurozone have seen a downgrading in their credit rating for Government debt. The economic crisis saw a sharp rise in levels of government debt to GDP. In a recession, …

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Economics and Positive Thinking

If you read any number of self-improvement books, you will come across ideas such as ‘what you think, you will become’. Over, 2,500 years ago, the Buddha said: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” When overused these positive thinking mantras …

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How Important are Credit Ratings?

Readers question: What will happen if the UK has its credit rating reduced from AAA to AA? Do you remember all those sub-prime mortgage bundles which caused the credit crisis? These mortgage bundles which later proved to be almost worthless were, for a considerable period, given a AAA credit rating by rating agencies. Even Greece, …

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Responding to Economic Crisis

  Assess the extent to which governmentsts are likely to encounter difficulties when attempting to respond to economic shocks that affect economies such as Germany and the UK (30) Economic shocks are events which adversely affect the economy and the governments macro economic objectives such as growth, inflation, unemployment and the balance of payments. Economic …

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 AQA A Level Economics Syllabus

European Union For AQA Unit 4 Origins of the EU Economic Integration Single Market What it involves Efficiency of the Single Market Common Agricultural Policy Reform of the CAP Expansion of the EU Monetary Union What it involves How it affects Monetary Policy Impact of European wide inflation targeting and interest policy Arguments for Against …

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Audit and Audi Commission  

Definition Audit: An audit is the process of checking account and company balance sheets. They will be undertaken by trained auditors who need to have professional qualifications and act independently of the firms interests. Auditors can give accounts the seal of approval or adding qualifying remarks saying there are elements of concern. Many large companies …

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