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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

Knowing the ins and outs of upcoming trends in finance is indispensable for any aspiring consultant. A prime example for such a question is how finance is adapting to the issue of climate change, and might assist its mitigation. Green Finance. Resilience Bonds. Final thoughts.

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. percentage point to GDP growth in 2008 and 0.3

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Seven Years Later, Global Debt Keeps Piling Up, $57 Trillion More Than 2007

MishTalk

In fact, rather than reducing indebtedness, or deleveraging, all major economies today have higher levels of borrowing relative to GDP than they did in 2007. Since 2007, government debt has grown by $25 trillion. Since 2007, government debt has grown by $25 trillion. China China’s debt has quadrupled since 2007.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. And in Italy in the last thirty years, the credit market has served to finance the public debt. There are so many resources that should be used to finance the growth of businesses, but only served to finance the growth of the state. December 2008 (85).

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Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Scranton taxpayers could face a 117 percent increase in taxes next year as the citys finances continue to spiral out of control. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108). September 2008 (140). August 2008 (93).

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Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker to Resign Over Spy Scandal

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg, and also the head of eurogroup finance ministers will resign over spy scandal. Mr Juncker has been prime minister since 1995 and was head of the eurozone finance ministers group between 2005 and January 2013. "I

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An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013; Full-Time Employment Down Over 5 Million Since 2007. million below the 2007 level. million below the 2007 level in spite of 13 million more people of working age. December 2008 (85). May 2008 (73).