The term financial crisis is applied broadly to a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many financial crises were associated with banking panics, and many recessions coincided with these panics. Other situations that are often called financial crises include stock market crashes and the bursting of other financial bubbles, currency crises, and sovereign defaults.
Many economists have offered theories about how financial crises develop and how they could be prevented. There is little consensus, however, and financial crises are still a regular occurrence around the world.
The global financial crisis of 2008–2009 is an ongoing major financial crisis.[1] It became prominently visible in September 2008 with the failure, merger or conservatorship of several large United States-based financial firms. The underlying causes leading to the crisis had been reported in business journals for many months before September, with commentary about the financial stability of leading U.S. and European investment banks, insurance firms and mortgage banks consequent to the subprime mortgage crisis.[2][1][3][4]
Beginning with failures of large financial institutions in the United States, it rapidly evolved into a global credit crisis, deflation and sharp reductions in shipping[5][6] resulting in a number of European bank failures and declines in various stock indexes, and large reductions in the market value of equities (stock)[7] and commodities worldwide.[2] The credit crisis was exacerbated by Section 128 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which allowed the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on excess reserve requirement balances held on deposit from banks, removing the longstanding incentive for banks to extend credit instead of hoard cash on deposit with the Fed.[8][9][10][11][12][13] The crisis led to a liquidity problem and the de-leveraging of financial institutions especially in the United States and Europe, which further accelerated the liquidity crisis, and a decrease in international shipping and commerce. World political leaders and national ministers of finance and central bank directors have coordinated their efforts[citation needed] to reduce fears but the crisis is ongoing and continues to change, evolving at the close of October into a currency crisis with investors transferring vast capital resources into stronger currencies such as the yen, the dollar and the Swiss franc, leading many emergent economies to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund.[14][15] The crisis was triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis and is an acute phase of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
Governor General Sir Nathaniel Waena has said that the current severe global financial crisis and the consequential hardship is being felt by mankind world over.
In his New Year Message broadcast last night over national radio, SIBC, Sir Nathaniel said the crisis may well be a wake-up call to mankind as a result of corporate and personal greed with lack of consideration for others.
He said people gain the better of their fellow man whose abilities to protect themselves from the over-powering might of the rich and the powerful in human affairs has became the destruction of human society.
Sir Nathaniel said the inevitability of climate change effects on humanity is the direct consequence of selfish profiteering ambition in economics.
“Our rural people are however, some what bless in our village way of life by depending on food gardens for survival. Our people must remain in our villages where there is free water, food and shelter which are the basis necessities to sustain livelihood.”
Sir Nathaniel said coming to Honiara and other urban centres with the hope to find any means to make money is not true.
He said under the current very difficult world circumstances our rural people will be better advised to remain in their rural villages to produce whatever they can.
Sir Nathaniel said 2009 can only become sustainable if out people throughout our villages and towns are able to come to terms with the fact that life would become difficult.
He said Solomon Islands is going to be badly affected by the direct effect of the global recession, which has began in 2008.
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How the global financial crisis affects India
The key question confronting the economy now is the backwash effect of the American (or global) financial crisis. Central banks in several countries, including India, have moved quickly to improve liquidity, and the finance minister has warned that there could be some impact on credit availability. That implies more expensive credit (even public sector banks are said to be raising money at 11.5 per cent, so that lending rates have to head for 16 per cent and higher — which, when one thinks about it, is not unreasonable when inflation is running at 12 per cent).
For those looking to raise capital, the alternative of funding through fresh equity is not cheap either, since stock valuations have suffered in the wake of the FII pull-out. In short, capital has suddenly become more expensive than a few months ago and, in many cases, it may not be available at all.
Effects Of Global Financial Crisis Emerge In Senegal
Not much has been heard from Africa about the impact of the global financial crisis that has sent markets tumbling, banks collapsing and homeowners fearing foreclosure. But there is concern on the world’s poorest continent that the financial fever and fallout will be contagious.
In dusty downtown Dakar, the bustling capital of Senegal, many residents may not fully follow the complexities of the recent financial turmoil on Wall Street and beyond. But the Senegalese are no strangers to the word “crisis.” They face a crisis of survival daily.
As night falls in Dakar, street vendors desperately try to offload a few more items before the close of business. Many are too busy to talk.
But Moustapha Diouf was keen to share his views about the impact of the global financial crisis on Africa.
Global economic crisis shows effects on families
Effects of the global economic crisis have already started showing a negative impact on growing economies, such as Zambia, with only a few people managing to spend for Christmas.
According to a survey carried out this morning by ZANIS, people said it is hard to do shopping because there are no funds to meet the needs of many families.
Most people expressed concern about lack of funds to do shopping because prices have been hiked so much, making it difficult for many people to buy gifts for their beloved ones.
Alfonsaias Haamanjanti said people should not over-spend unnecessarily but consider critical things such as school fees and uniforms for children when schools reopen.
Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Developing Countries and Emerging Markets
Three pieces of information provide interesting insights into current policy issues related to the global financial crisis.
The first is a quote of Joseph Stiglitz’s, Whither Socialism, published in 1994 (1990 Wicksell lectures), warning of the problems facing American financial institutions:
• Inadequate capital requirements, which resulted in insufficiently capitalized institutions having an incentive to take excessive risk
• Inadequate incentives for banks not to engage in risk taking
• Inadequate monitoring by regulators
The second is the crude observation in October 2008 that developed countries responded to the global financial crisis safeguarding their own banking systems to the tune of $2-4 trillion, as if only national tax payers mattered with no respect for international linkages (and no common EU position on banking or fiscal issues). Will the future hold improved global and regional economic co-operation?
The final piece of news reminds us of how slow some developing countries are to react to the greatest global recession since the 1930, thinking that they might be unaffected. President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa moved only last week to mitigate the effects of the financial crisis when the government decided to set up a special task team to look at how best to cope with the knock-on effects of job losses. How will each developing country cope with and respond to the crisis?
affect of the financial crices on stock market and its couses ?? please help.