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Emerging Financial Markets in the world   Emerging Financial Markets in the world  Countries Currency Units Per $ Interest rates Short-term % A year Stock Markets Jan 25th Jan 25th Year Ago China 8.06 8.28 2.5 1,318.90 Hong Kong 7.76...

International Monetary Fund in association with the World Bank, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) collects and circulates data on external debt of different countries. The data are obtained from creditors, national...

Could the UK economy get any worse? Data from Q1 2009 on the UK economy have delivered an unequivocal ‘yes’.The economy was declining at an even quicker rate than originally suspected.The mood became increasingly grim, with headlines such as ‘The...

India was a British colony for over 200 years till it achieved independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. India and UK's trade relations have undergone a massive change from the colonial period. Once perceived as a less...

Bank of England (BoE)The Bank of England or BoE is one of the oldest central banks in the world. It was established in 1694 under the Bank of England, and became known as the ‘Old Lady’, or the Old Lady...

While the United Kingdom has a very well-developed banking system with finance and related businesses making up a major part of the economy, there are relatively few banks in the UK. This is because the banking system in Britian has...

Remember that period of unbroken UK GDP and economic growth from 1992 to 2007? In 2008 it started to feel like a distant dream.In January 2008 the books of Northern Rock were added to the national debt, effectively nationalising the...

The key UK economic indicators are GDP growth, unemployment rate, Bank of England interest rate, inflation rate, 3 month Treasury rate, public debt, and imports and exports.GDP growth was 1.1 per cent in 2008. In 2009 and 2010 the economy...

UK Economy, 2001 - 2006Like the US, Ireland, Spain and many other western countries, the UK experienced a double bubble in both housing and the stock market in the early part of the twentieth century.This period is generally believed to...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was once the largest economy in the world. It was the birthplace of modern democracy, the Industrial Revolution, and many of the financial and capital markets that are the foundation of the...

Forecasting the UK economy in 2010 in the midst of such economic uncertainty and financial upheaval is, to put it mildly, a challenge.Growth estimates have been coming down quicker the temperature in one of the coldest winters the UK has...

Singapore comes under the Other High Income Group countries as to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of income. Singapore has a well-developed economic structure with a free market system. Both business environment and infrastructure are...

Philippines is a lower middle-income economies coming under the East Asia and Pacific region as to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of income and region for the year 2006. The country's economy is largely dependent...

Turkey is an upper middle-income economy comes under the Europe and Central Asian region, as to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of income and region for the year 2006. Economic growth rate of the Turkey...

Airports play a significant role in globalization, connecting cities and countries. Airports are a major part of a country’s infrastructure and foster economic activities by encouraging international commerce and tourism and generating employment.The Economic Impact of AirportsAirports play an eminent...