Essays on Depository

Fed fund return is the term used in the United States of America. Fed fund return is the rate of return or the interest rate at which the financial institutions especially the depository institutions like credit union and bank lend the excess of its balance, often known as reserve balance, to the other similar kind of depository institutions without having the collateral. The fund that is deposited in the Federal Reserve to maintain the reserve requirement as specified by the regulatory body is called reserve fund. Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers did not collapse in a single day. The ...

Background

There have been numerous conspiracy theories offered in lieu of explanations surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) in 1963(“John F. Kennedy: Assassination or Conspiracy, n.d.”). In addition, details about the assassination have been uncertain for the last 40 plus years due to the fact that many of the tapes with information and evidence have been tampered with, and so many legal experts and scholars, and historians have refuted a lot of the information published on the case and deem them unreliable (“John F. Kennedy: Assassination or Conspiracy, n.d.”). In addition, due to the irregularities and ...

Introduction

In every company worth its salt, there are a set of ethical guidelines that every employee must follow that is consistent with the norms of the society and the visions of the goals of the company itself. This is more commonly known as the code of ethics, and they are not only useful in determining the goals, values, and mission of the company; they are also invaluable in decision-making in the company and negotiating regarding personal and organizational issues. In other words, the code of ethics can be described as the guideline of the company in general. Therefore, it ...

The Savings and Loan Crisis, or commonly known as S&L, is termed as one of the largest financial crisis in the United States history. The crisis began in the late 1970s, and its impacts on the economy were felt in the 1980s and ended in the early 1990s. Various sources have indicated the causes of the S&L crises. Some of the documented reasons include high and volatile interest rates during the period, the phase-out and its elimination, negative regional economic conditions, and federal and state deregulation of depository institutions. Other reasons include deregulation of the thrift industry, declining regulatory ...

While traveling in an open-top convertible on the roads of Dallas, Texas, the 35th American President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by getting shot twice. It was the Friday of November 22nd, 1963, at 12:30 pm in the afternoon. Rarely did his wife, the first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, accompany her husband on his political outings and endeavors, however, that day she was sitting beside him as his motorcade was being taken on the roads of Texas. Accompanying them were the Texas governor, Governor John Connally, and his wife. Sitting in that convertible, the Kennedys and the Connallys waving at ...

- When a country such as the United States is experiencing serve and prolonged recessionary trend discount rate, term auction, and open market facility can provide useful means of ensuring that the economy returns in the right course. Discount rate is the interest rate that the central bank charges commercial banks and other depository institutions when they receive money from the Federal Reserve Bank's lending facility. During periods of prolonged recessionary trend, the Federal Reserve System should reduce the discount rate in order to encourage commercial banks and other financial institutions to lower the interest rate they charge to ...

Credit unions can be said to be depository institutions that make loans as well as accept deposits. They are smaller than other depository institutions, for instance the bank. However, they have registered significant growth over the past few years. Although they are smaller than the banks, credit unions operate below the banking statutes and their laws and rules are identical to those of the bank shifts (Mishkin 45). One of the reasons why credit unions are smaller could be because they are owned by the members. Therefore, each member would be entitled to vote while selecting their board ...

Briefing

Executive Summary This report highlights the vital issues faced by libraries involved in inducting finance in online services and assemblages. The execution in an initial instance to assist in improving the programmatic objectives of the Digital Library Federation (DLF), it is mandatory to take into consideration the digital library growth, achievements, requirements, and issues professed by experts that performed tasks at the DLF’s twenty-four member libraries. This report methodologically aimed to explore into the desk-based study that involved long-term documentation and technical reports; and extensive discussions at few twenty-seven sites for the senior management of library for ...

Executive summary

The recent global financial could be attributed to a number of factors. These factors include the general cyclical economic development; overheating of the credit market and who appeared his consequence of the mortgage crisis; high commodity prices (including oil); overheating of the stock market. The US mortgage crisis was the predecessor in occurred in two waves, first in 2007 and then in 2008. The 2008 crisis were not unique from the previous crises though it had many unique characteristics. Although the crisis started in the United States, it engulfed almost all countries of the world, and hardly any of them ...

Introduction

In 2008, the world's beginning of the financial and economic crisis that emerged in the form of a strong reduction of the main economic indicators in most advanced economies, later grew into a global recession economy. The emergence of the crisis is associated with a number of factors: the general cyclical economic development; overheating of the credit market and who appeared his consequence of the mortgage crisis; high commodity prices (including oil); overheating of the stock market. The predecessor of the 2008 financial crisis was the US mortgage crisis, which in early 2007 affected the subprime mortgage. Second wave of mortgage ...

The beginning of Stock market in America.

Trading in the stock exchange markets has a definite origin. Ideally, the American Stock Exchange represented by the acronym (AMEX). Historically, the trading in the stock market commenced in the 1800s periods. This transition was referred to as the curb exchange. Historically, the origin shows that the stock exchange in the United States was established with the intention to develop a stable economic power. This was the primary disquiet of the United States economic stimulus policy. According to the historical records, this occurred during the times of Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury at that time. This executive secretary ...

Pituitary

The different functions performed by the anterior and posterior pituitary in terms of sex The anterior pituitary which is also known as the adenohypophysis, is basically an interior lobe (glandular) which alongside the posterior pituitary, makes up the pituitary gland. The posterior pituitary releases oxytocin which stimulates and smooth muscle contraction in the mammary glands and the uterus. The anterior pituitary on the other hand stimulates release of thyroid hormones, FSH and LH to stimulate sex cell production and release of sex hormones; it also stimulates sex cell production as well as secretes prolactin to stimulate milk production. ...

The Global Financial Crisis (‘GFC’) had a very dramatic impact on the domestic economies of a number of global nations, in a plethora of ways, typically replicating the fiscal and financial health of such nations. United Arab Emirates (UAE) was one such nation that had a serious impact of the GFC and since then the myriad challenges posed by the capital markets has been an interesting area of focus for the Middle East. UAE is one of the oil rich economies of the Middle East. During the initial and developing years of the last century UAE discovered new abundance and wealth from its ...

Complexities of U.S. Financial System .University.. .professor.. U.S. Financial System U.S. Financial System is made up of numerous different markets for diverse products offered on a various trading platforms and exchanges. Among the many products traded are stocks or equities, fixed income securities, foreign exchange, commodities, derivatives etc. Financial market helps to keep the wheels of the economy moving by allowing individuals and businesses either to invest their excess funds in different products or to sell their products to raise cash when they want to. That is the market offers liquidity- the ease of buying and ...

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Introduction Investment activity is risky, as a rule, long-term investment of resources in certain assets with a view to profit. Investments can be divided into real and financial. Real investments are investments in physical capital (current assets, fixed assets, construction, etc.) and intangible (education, advertising, etc.) assets. Financial investments represent investments in the acquisition of financial assets (securities). For many investors, the priority investment is just the financial investment, since it provides them with endless possibilities. Of course, what would be the most efficient disposition of capital, you need ...

Functions of Australian financial institution 3

Lending and depository functions4 Insurance and pension funds services.5 Creating and providing ownership for financial claims..6 Conclusion..7

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Introduction The financial system in Australia is composed of set of arrangements that cover both lending and borrowing of funds and transfer of ownership of the financial claims. This financial system have a number of sectors that include credit unions, banks, and building societies all of which are called financial institutions or Authorized Deposit taking Institutions. The other sectors include insurance, payment systems, superannuation, and financial markets. The financial institution in Australia is resilient, sound, and well managed. It ...

Question 1

The Federal Reserve (Fed.) acts as the bank for the Government of the United States by redeeming and selling government securities, for example Treasury Bills and Savings Bonds, and giving financial services to the Treasury Department. The Federal Reserve Banks have a mandate to be the depository and fiscal agent to the government of the United States. In this mandate, the Federal Reserve performs several services to Treasury while acting as the bank to the Federal Government.

The services offered to the Federal Government by the Federal Reserve Include:

- collecting federal tax reports - processing postal money orders, government checks and U.S. savings bonds - maintaining accounts for ...

Inflation targeting and Interest rate targeting are two primary and most popular monetary policies across the globe today. Inflation targeting can be defined as a central bank policy that revolves around meeting and adhering to preset and publicly displayed targets for the annual rate of inflation (investopedia 2013). The benchmark used for inflation targeting varies from country to country but is some form of price index of a variety of consumer goods. Most commonly this benchmark is Consumer Price Index (CPI). While Interest rate targeting as a monetary policy regulates and checks the interest rate charged by one depository institution on an ...

Federal Reserve Paper

Introduction Throughout the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, monetary alarms overwhelmed the nation, dominant to bank deficiency and company downfall that rigorously agitated the economy. The downfall of the nation’s banking structure to adequately supply funding to anxious depository organizations provided considerably to the economy’s susceptibility to monetary alarms. Short range credit is a significant basis of liquidity when a bank senses unanticipated and extensive withdrawals throughout a monetary alarm. A chiefly severe crisis in 1907 provoked Congress to set up the National Monetary Commission, which put onward recommendation to generate a foundation that would help ...

Monetary policies are interference in the economy by the central bank of a country with an aim of influencing economic activities. Intervention by the central banks can be through interest rates, regulation of the banks and open market operations. These actions could be aimed at reducing or increasing money supply in the economy (Gitman, 2009). Fiscal policy is manipulation of government expenditure to achieve certain objectives. Fiscal policies include public adjustment of taxes, reducing or increasing government expenditure. Preparation of deficit or surplus budgets is fiscal policies that can be implemented to achieve certain objectives (Zoli, 2005). Open ...