Business & economics / Finance

99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budget

by Cheri Gillard

With words like “recession” and “record unemployment” filling the air, the typical family–regardless of how the economy is treating them–will be paying attention to the budget. That’s why 99 Ways...

Little Data Book on Financial Development 2013

by World Bank

The Little Data Book on Financial Development 2013 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Development Database, published as part of the work on the Global Financial Development Report 2013: Rethinking...

Jimmy Stewart Is Dead: Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking

by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

Discover how the global financial plague is poised to return, and what can be done to stop it

This is not your father's financial system. Jimmy Stewart, the trustworthy, honest banker in the movie, It's a Wonderful...

And Then the Roof Caved in: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees

by David Faber

CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse

And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn...

Financial Relief for Single Parents: A Proven Plan for Achieving the Seemingly Impossible

by Brenda Armstrong & Dave Ramsey

The challenging spiral of financial hardship can overwhelm even the most buoyant soul. Few know this better than single parents who face the seemingly endless burden alone. As a single mom fending for herself,...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

World Economic Outlook Update, IMF's Future role Debated, Poor Countries Face Crisis Impact, Eastern Europe's Currency Risk, Interview with Hamad Al Suwaidi, Mideast-Central Asia Outlook, Pacific Islands Face...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Growth, inflation, subprime market crisis, technical assistance, Ghana, fiscal discipline, money laundering, social spending, wage bill ceilings, housing bust, Japan, Lipsky, Swaziland, foreign direct investment,...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Inflation, IMF work agenda, Food and fuel prices, Commodity price surge, Oil price surge, Jeddah meeting, Haiti interview, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, Mexico, Switzerland's monetary policy, Mauritius, News...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Financial market turbulence; world growth; global outlook; financial market outlook; subprime fallout; writedowns; risk management; credit rating agencies; prudential oversight; liquidity management; risk measurement;...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Global Imbalances, Africa's Improved Debt Outlook, Nigerian Reform, Burkina Faso's Cotton Crisis, Ghana and Inflation Targeting, Iraq's Progress, Egypt's Reforms Spur Growth, Asian Trade, Baltics' High Growth...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, Ministers Resolve to Counter Slowdown, Combat Food Hikes, Credit Crisis is Broadening, World Economic Outlook, IMFC Communiqué, Quota and Voice Reform, IMF's New Income Model,...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Food prices, Europe, Michael Deppler, Small States, Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane, Germany, Czech Fiscal Reform, Sustaining Growth, Decline in Funds to Emerging Markets, IMF Loan to Togo, Vietnam's New Challenges, News...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Food Price Crisis, Inflation Risks, Mark Plant, IMF and the Food Crisis, Multilateral Initiative, Middle East Regional OUtllok, Emerging Markets' Resilience, Côte d'Ivoire's Comeback, Ghana's Financial Reforms,...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Global financial crisis, Iceland, Poul Thomsen, IMF work program, IMF Shocks Facility, Kyrgyz Republic; Malawi; Exogenous Shocks Facility, Pakistan loan, IMF and social safety nets, gains against poverty in...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Antoinette Sayeh interview, IMF clarifies surveillance process, Georgia loan, Olivier Blanchard interview, Africa's financial sector, EMU slowdown, EU transfers, sovereign wealth fund principles, United Kingdom...

IMF Survey

by Internation International Monetary Fund

Work Program, IMF Reform, Local Bond Markets, Lipsky Sees Slower Growth, Climate Change, Lipsky Interviewed, Fiscal Spending in G-7, Korea Health Check, Loan for Guinea, Technical Assistance, Indonesia, Chile's...

Gentlemen Bastards: On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces

by Kevin Maurer

The Green Berets—a legendary corps of soldiers whose exploits made military history. But now, their very identity and role as a fighting force may be forever changed…

Until the war in Iraq, Special Forces...

Man vs. Markets

by Paddy Hirsch

After years of TV and radio coverage, gallons of newsprint ink, and billions of scholarly opinions on the blogosphere, do we really understand the financial engineering that brought the global economy to the...

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Insurance Sector and Policy Responses

by Collective

This special report assesses the impact of the crisis on the insurance sector and reviews policy responses within OECD countries. It is based to a large extent on a quantitative and qualitative questionnaire...

From Crisis to Recovery

by Collective

How did the sharpest global slowdown in more than six decades happen, and how can recovery be made sustainable? OECD Insights: From Crisis to Recovery traces the causes, course and consequences of the “Great...