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Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data

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What Has Government Done to Our Money? Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data; Is Bernanke Getting the Message? Curve Watchers Anonymous notes treasury yields are on the rise following allegedly good economic data. Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data; Is Bernanke Getting the Message?

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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

The most common type of green finance are government-issued bonds, which first came about as structured AAA-rated bonds from the European Investment Bank. Lucia to recover from multiple earthquakes since 2007, and assisted the Turks and Caicos Islands to recover from Hurricane Ike in 2008. Resilience Bonds.

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What is digital currency?

Tom Spencer

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. Over the coming decade, many more digital currencies will be created by entrepreneurs and governments. Reading Time: 6 minutes.

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Save Lives vs. Save the Economy

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I’ve spent hundreds of hours pouring over the epidemiological data, COVID-19 treatment protocols in multiple hospitals, and built my own forecasting model. Prior to 2008, the financial sector grew way beyond enabling the rest of the economy. This would, of course, need to be borrowed by the government, companies, or individuals.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Large organisations use technology to store data for accessibility and efficiency but because of this, can be brought to their knees and resort to using pen and paper after a deadly cyber-attack. Cybersecurity is important partly because of the huge costs that cyber-attacks can impose on governments, businesses, and consumers.

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Spain on Track to Meet Budget Targets Says Economy Minister; Data Strongly Suggests Otherwise

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After the financial crisis burst Spain’s construction bubble in 2008, “no doubt 2014 will be the first year when Spain will have some recovery,” the minister said. Spain''s government said late Monday the country''s budget deficit stood at 5.3% Total government debt is €947.184 billion, a new record. Spain Budget Deficit Soars.

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities.