Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was the 16th largest commercial bank in the US Today, it is no more SVB was based in California, US, and its collapse is the biggest financial disaster since 2008 [You may also read- the financial crisis of 2008 simplified] Silicon Valley Bank collapsed because depositors rushed to withdraw their money, …
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The one big takeaway from the Union Budget 2022 is the increase in capital expenditure (capex). The capital expenditure outlay has been increased by 35.4 % for 2022. It is expected to go up to Rs 7.50 lakh crore in FY 2022-23. This includes Rs 1 lakh crore earmarked as special borrowing by states to be …
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In 2013, the Fed Reserve had signalled that it would gradually roll back its bond-buying programme, popularly known as quantitative easing (QE), introduced to inject liquidity in the economy in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. This decision by the Fed led to an increase in bond yields in the US. As a result, …
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the year 2022-23. Considering elections in key states like UP etc, it is surprising that the budget did not resort to populist announcements. The budget unveiled a long-term focus on the economy. The FM in her speech referred to the Amrit Kaal (that is, in 25 …
The Government announced the National Monetisation pipeline (NMP) in August 2021 to raise Rs. 6 lakh crore over the next 4 years (that is, by 2025). This amount raised would be utilized to fund infrastructure spending in the country. (new infrastructure spending is known as greenfield investment/project. These projects start from scratch). Hence, it will …
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LIBOR was one of the most important financial numbers in the world and it is being discontinued. This article explains what is LIBOR and why is it going away in a simplified way. What is LIBOR? It is the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate It is the interest rate at which major banks in the world …
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Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose to 14.2 % in November. It is the highest since April 2012, the earliest period for which WPI data is available under the 2011-12 series.WPI inflation is at the double-digit level for the last 8 monthsInflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) is 4.9 %.Generally, WPI …
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