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        The club of Amsterdam is going to present its second global summit, which will take place in Amsterdam from may 3-5, 2006. The topic of...

The annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank group are scheduled for Sept 19-20, 2006 in Singapore. Both the International Monetary...

The Indian Finance minister's speech in the 39th ADB meeting covers almost all the sectors of the economy with a special focus on India's stance in the international scenario...

The relationship between India and the United states has increased very fast in the recent years. The visit of India's Prime Minister to US in the last year and...

  The Second Danish International Economics Workshop is going to be held in Aarhus, 4-5 May 2006. Workshop will be hosted by the Aarhus School of Business' Department of...

The World Economic Forum is going to be held on 23-24 November in Istanbul, Turkey.   The Turkey Government hosts the programme. A group of around 250 business executives...

An interest rate swap is an unregulated over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contract between two parties to exchange one stream of interest payments for another. These contracts are valid for a...

Savings interest is received by an individual on the cash deposited in his/her savings bank account. The bank interest rate offered on the savings account is generally modest and...

The central bank of a country sets the benchmark interest rate based on several key factors, such as the region’s economic situation, inflation and political stability. Since these factors...

Federal interest rate refers to the rate charged by banks and thrift institutions for loans to other financial institutions. Simply put, it is the interest rate at which banks...