Essays on Athanasios

Investment

Introduction Foreign direct investment (FDI) is the investment by an individual or a company from a different country and in which the particular investor has full control over the business. FDI has many benefits to the investor and the host country (Lyroudi, John, and Athanasios 97). FDI keeps changing from time to time. This paper will analyze the prediction on what FDI will be in 2020.

The overall benefits of FDI are overwhelming and assist in the economic growth of a country or the world. The prediction of future FDI, therefore, becomes important because it affects global economic growth ( ...

The financial crisis in the Republic of Cyprus was a debt, financial, fiscal and economic crisis in 2012-2013, which led to the paralysis of the banking system and put the country’s economy at pre-default state. The crisis also involved downgrading the Cypriot government’s bond credit rating to negative status by international credit rating agencies. Noticeable was the reluctance to restructure the problematic financial sector of Cyprus by the government of the republic (Dixon 2). There were a number of reasons for the severe banking crisis. Firstly, the economy of Cyprus was centered around the offshore sector. Secondly, ...

Introduction

In the United States, the Federal Reserve System is charged with regulating the country’s monetary policy. The system was implemented after leaders noted the deficiencies in the previous national banking system. The previous system had a currency that was inelastic and there were liquidity problems in the economy. There were a lot of financial panics in the economy caused by the inefficiencies in the system. A republican representative proposed the creation of a centralised banking system that would operate with a minimum level of government involvement. The Federal Reserve System was instituted in 1913. The system was able to solve three ...