Business and Finance

This area provides up-to-date and interesting developments from the world of business, economics and finance.

A wealth of information is available on topics ranging from stock markets, consumer climate, labor market policies, bond markets, foreign trade and interest rate trends to stock exchange news and economic forecasts.

New Year Brings Hope to Consumers Regarding Their Debt

The Consumer Debt Stress Index (DSI) dropped by slightly more than 2 percent in January, from 119.8 to 117.4“We’re seeing increased confidence among consumers…

ESMT Competition Analysis listed to Top 20 global competition economic firms

This annual survey of the world's top competition economics practices uses such criteria as quality of economists and recent successes and lists the top 20 in…

Don't privatize banks too soon

The work, which is published in the Journal of Development Economics, shows that if financial regulation is ineffective depositors may prefer to place their…

European Micro- and Nanotechnology Industry Rules off 2009 and Moves on

The impact of the ongoing economic crisis on the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries is expected to be less noticeable in 2010…

Skin in the Game–Mutual Funds and Performance

Less obvious is the importance of director incentives in mutual funds or the extent to which effective corporate governance is related to mutual fund…

KfW´s largest 10y USD Global due to Exceptional Demand

With this transaction, KfW has responded nimbly to both the current yield environment and strong investor demand for top-quality longer-dated assets in an…

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