A financial institution is an institution that conducts financial transactions such as: investments, loans and deposits. Most people deal with financial institutions in some way or another and on a regular basis. Depositing money, taking out loans and exchanging currencies is a way of interacting with financial institutions.
• Commercial Banks, investment banks and building societies.
I feel that to fully examine this topic we need to look at a bit of history. Therefore we need to look at how the TMT or ‘’dot.com’’ bubble caused a slump in the global stock market and slowed down economic activity. This led to the governments persuading banks to loan money to people with poor credit history which created a mass of sub- prime loans being lent to investors therefore creating a property bubble which led to bank failures and a recession.
The US NASDAQ fell by 40.54% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 33.4% whereas the UK’s FTSE 100 index fell by 31% yet the American economy recovered faster than the UK and this is simply because America has a bigger economy the government bailed out a lot of banks and did not feel as big an impact as the UK which has a smaller economy.
Over the years the government has increasingly had to bail out banks. The main public opinion is the recession was due to reckless bankers. The fact that the bankers know they would be bailed out despite their misconduct means there is no diturance or incentive for them to stop. They ignore the consequences of their actions because they know they would still get paid which means they are being rewarded for their misconduct. This reduces public trust and that is a problem since the financial industry as well as the banking sector needs the public to funct...
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In conclusion I sense that because the financial sector is such an immense part of our economy and since it plays a vital role in our recovery we should always bailout any financial institution regardless of the fact that they might have been the cause for our recession in the first place.
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I looked at a variety of financial institutions and decided if it is beneficial for the government to bailout financial institutions. mainly I feel investment banks should be looked at carefully to see the impact they have on the economy when the faille I will also look at which financial institution is more secure and at the regulator and the impact the have on misconduct in these financial institutions. Most importantly I looked at the public views on whether they feel it is just to spend their money on institutions that have failed them.
The financial crisis of 2007–2008 is considered by many economists the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. This crisis resulted in the threat of total collapse of large financial institutions, the bailout of banks by national governments, and downturns in stock markets around the world. The crisis led to a series of events including: the 2008–2012 global recessions and the European sovereign-debt crisis. The reasons of this financial crisis are argued by economists. The performance of the Federal Reserve becomes a focal point in this argument.
Two major car companies, General Motors (GM) and Chrysler, went bankrupt during the Great Recession. The Government had to make a choice; to get involved with helping them, which would help the economy, or let them fight for themselves. Both choices would leave some American citizens mad at the government. The Government decided to help them by establishing the Auto Bailout along with other programs like TARP. Although some think the Auto Bailout didn’t help small supplier companies, it was the right move for the government to take because it helped stop our economy from going further into a depression.
Taylor, J. B. (2009). The financial crisis and the policy responses: An empirical analysis of what
In conclusion, people have still not been held accountable for one of the largest financial collapses of all time. I think that there should be a limit on who gets qualified for any loan in order to avoid this situation again. I think that everyone who was responsible should be held accountable for what happened even if it means banks going under.
Banks exist to provide people with financial security. Banks accounts allow for people to store money for saving and investing purposes. People give their money to banks in hopes that the bank will take care of their money. However, history has shown as that banks cannot be completely trusted. For example, in the days of the Great Depression. During the years of President Roosevelt’s tenure, he attempted to make it easier for people to trust banks. Still, many years later, banks cannot be completely trusted. In 2008, the financial crisis was the worst since the Great Depression, and it stemmed primarily from banks’ abuse of people. Once again, there has been legislation to keep banks from abusing
What at first seemed to be an economic slump turned into a brutal crisis, and all eyes looked to the Government and Federal Reserve to help the economy. With the large amount of debt the economy faced the Federal Reserve stepped in and bailed out the banks in an attempt to smooth over the financial struggles of the economy. The banks that survived took precautionary measures, making it difficult for businesses and consumers to borrow (Love, 2011). Thus leading to businesses failing and less jobs being created. The large amount of debt had also taken its toll on the job market. Between 2007 and 2009 employment dropped by 8 million workers, causing the unemployment rate to go from 4.7 percent to 10 percent (McConnell, 2012).
...conomic recession we can conclude that we learn very less from history. The same uncontrolled and market that resulted in the destitution of the 1930’s still caused the economy at large to claps for families to loose there savings, houses, and jobs. President Roosevelt took one of the great dissensions of the depression era when he announce the Emergency Banking Act and the Glass-Steagall Act which banded the involvement of banks in the stoke market (foner, 800). By taking such action Government was able to stabilize the financial system. But today politicians choose to ignore this great historic lesson that could have saved us from the national disaster that is still affecting many households. If they still are refusing to put a tougher control measure in place to control the banking system, we could end up in a worst situation than even what we have seen in 2008.
Before financial crisis in 2008, speculators including investment banks in Wall Street securitized mortgages by using OBS (Off-balance-sheet Operation), and used CDS (Credit Default Swap) to hedge funds. Finally, financial risk exposed, which caused heavy loss to the whole economy in U.S. The key reason that it is harmful is not only that commercial banks engage in investment banks’ activities, it is because commercial banks, by engaging in securities organization, misappropriated credit funds and inter-bank borrowing(lending) business for their own investment, including in security market or real estate market. This would create a “bubble” economy and if the “bubble” is broken, the whole country’s economy will seriously suffer from it. To avoid that, the government has to stop it. So the government has to put taxpayers’ money to cover this big hole caused by speculators in Wall Street.
Today, we see a more highly consolidated industry than was present before the collapse. The large banks who were involved in the risky lending practices that caused the collapse now hold an even larger market share because of government bailouts, consolidation, and ability to internalize the cost of stringent regulations. Those small and regional banks who continued to uphold ethical lending practices either struggled to survive the economic recession were forced to sell to larger entities or close their
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The credit crisis of 2008 resulted in, for the first time since 1930, a global credit market pause (Arner, 2009). Lehman Brothers, a stand-alone investment bank, along with other companies such as Bear Stearns, American International Group, Inc. (AIG), Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac suffered catastrophic losses. However, unlike Lehman Brothers, the federal government instituted rescue efforts for Bear Stearns and AIG, along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government’s lack of intervention regarding Lehman Brothers prompted questions as to why the government showed inconsistency in implementing bailout efforts. In addition, allowing Lehman Brothers to fail set off a series of unfortunate events that the government wanted to avoid by not intervening.
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In conclusion, we feel that the recommendation we have suggested in this report is a suitable foundation to build a sustainable and prudent financial system in this country. This will facilitate the financial industry both, withdraw out of this crisis and in the future avoid as much as possible inducing the scale of matters at present. As the report suggest, everyone contributed in their own miniscule way to this crisis, we feel that it’s up to every one of us to contribute to the overall recovery of this financial crises and recovery of the nation in general.