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The advantages of Globalization of finance are the reduction of financial risk, improve the allocation of capitals, and reduce borrowing cost. Every business small or large has some form of a financial risk. The reduction of financial risk may require a business to plan for potential risk and existing risk. A company needs to plan ahead for future difficulties seen or unforeseen. Improving the allocation of capitals is one of the most important decisions associated with a company’s success and…

important for Greece to still remain in the Eurozone in order to ensure economic stability and it is important for the French government to seen as the champion for the stability of Europe. Moreover, there is an evidently increasing support for the euro-sceptic and right wing political in France, the National Front. Only 38 percent of the French population who is in favour of the European Union and the sentiment is declining. It is a crucial moment for Europe. Solidarity and unity in getting…

It was June 23rd and the question was simple, but the outcome and consequences could be huge. “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union.” Voters had two options either, “Remain a member of the European Union” or “Leave the European Union.” One decision carries a lot more weight and much heavier outcome than the other. The Brexit vote is in, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union and the Brexiters had some “decent” ideas as to why,…

government in Spain is a parliamentary monarchy, influencing the members elected to preside over the country’s monetary policy measures. Nonetheless, both countries are within the Eurozone, meaning their currency is the euro. The exchange rate of the euro relative to the U.S. Dollar is 1 euro equaling 1.13 US Dollars. The central banking systems in Germany and Spain are similar in nature, in the sense that they are both equivalents of the Federal Reserve in the United States. The central bank of…

they had a bigger deficit then they had originally thought. This event led to many questions asked on how Greece handles their money. To understand the crisis in Greece, it is essential to return to the year 2001 when the euro was introduced as a common currency in Europe. The Euro effectively increased trade; however labor costs increased therefore making Greek exports less competitive. This resulted in a significant increase in Greece’s trade deficit as Greece was consuming more than it…

The immediate cause for the Greek debt crisis is the dramatic Greek public finance situation, which was hidden through creative accounting and manipulations for many years. In the book, “Europe and the Financial Crisis,” Antimo Verde describes that in 2011 the Greece public debt is nearing the “120 per cent of [its] GDP” and the “deficit/GDP ratio exceeds 13.5 per cent.” (323, Verde) Therefore, Greece was believed to be close to a default and risk of contagion to other weak countries, such as…

Euro is launched- In 1992, the European Economic Community was established with the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. The euro was introduced and has been adopted by Eurozone countries in 1999. National currencies started to be substituted with the euro in 2002 and the euro became the official currency of the Eurozone. The Global Financial Crisis- Although the U.S. economy had formally dived into recession in 2007; the sudden collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers catapulted…

The European crisis has affected numerous individuals over the years, and still continues to affect several of them. As stated in the article “Why did the Crisis happen?” It all began “When a slowdown in the US economy caused over-extended American homeowners to default on their mortgages, banks all over the world with investments linked to those mortgages started losing money.” (2014) Our fourth largest bank in America collapsed, and other banks feared the same would happen to them. As a…

I got my passport and rode on the bus to the capitol city. In the city, we watched Sponge Bob over and over; It was so bad, but Pasha loved it. After that, we took a plane to Amsterdam and my dad had eight euros left. He gave Pasha five and me three. I asked Pasha to give me one euro so we’d be even. He didn’t give me one. I tried to talk to my dad, but I couldn’t say anything in English. I had to draw pictures. I told Pasha, “let’s get some kind of a bar so we can share and not be hungry…

countries at that time, joined the Euro in 1999. While in the 1990s, the Greek government was experiencing a budget deficit that causes a devaluation of their currency (Drachma) because of mismanagement of funds; they were spending a lot of money in their public sectors due to good credit rating that the agencies give them, in which the banks and investors were willing to lend them cheap loans of money. This economic mismanagement led Greece to adopt the Euro in 2001 in which “Greece became the…