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The advantages of Globalization of finance are the reduction of financial risk, improve the allocation of capitals, and reduce borrowing cost. Every business small or large has some form of a financial risk. The reduction of financial risk may require a business to plan for potential risk and existing risk. A company needs to plan ahead for future difficulties seen or unforeseen. Improving the allocation of capitals is one of the most important decisions associated with a company’s success and…

Living in America, and more specifically Wisconsin for my entire life has made me extremely excited for a chance to go abroad. At Madison I have the opportunity to go abroad and explore a new place. The fact that I have the opportunity to experience Vesalius College for a semester is the main reason that I want to go abroad. It is a special privilege to have this opportunity, and I intend to take full advantage of being abroad by accomplishing things that will help me have a fantastic time in…

Codification Definition of Foreign Currency FASB ASC Topic 830-10-20 defines foreign currency as, “A currency other than the functional currency of the entity being referred to (for example, the dollar could be a foreign currency for a foreign entity). Composites of currencies, such as the Special Drawing Rights, used to set prices or denominate amounts of loans, and so forth, have the characteristics of foreign currency.” What the Codification Requires for Disclosure ASC 830-20-50 provides…

1a) Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor)- rates offered to prime banks based in the Eurozone on euro interbank term deposits Background info: Euribor was first published on 30 December 1998. 1 January 1999 was the day that the Euro as a currency was introduced. In the years, before a lot of domestic reference rates like PIBOR (France) and FIBOR (Germany) existed. There are currently 8 different kinds of Euribor rates where they are selected to ensure that the diversity of the euro money…

The immediate cause for the Greek debt crisis is the dramatic Greek public finance situation, which was hidden through creative accounting and manipulations for many years. In the book, “Europe and the Financial Crisis,” Antimo Verde describes that in 2011 the Greece public debt is nearing the “120 per cent of [its] GDP” and the “deficit/GDP ratio exceeds 13.5 per cent.” (323, Verde) Therefore, Greece was believed to be close to a default and risk of contagion to other weak countries, such as…

government in Spain is a parliamentary monarchy, influencing the members elected to preside over the country’s monetary policy measures. Nonetheless, both countries are within the Eurozone, meaning their currency is the euro. The exchange rate of the euro relative to the U.S. Dollar is 1 euro equaling 1.13 US Dollars. The central banking systems in Germany and Spain are similar in nature, in the sense that they are both equivalents of the Federal Reserve in the United States. The central bank of…

AUSTERITY IN IRELAND COMPARED WITH OTHER ECONOMIES Unfortunately the Greek economy was a house of cards held together by government spending. The Greek government has kept borrowing more and more money even after the current crisis started. The past few years have proved that the Greek Government does not have the right people for managing its economy. The Greek people are also not helping much, as they do not seem to have understood the seriousness of their economic situation. Opposing the…

Global Issues Professor Rodriguez 9/23/15 One of the advantages of adopting Euro is undertaking expenses. Second advantage would be there is no problem with comparing prices because of the fact that they are euros. Third advantage smallest interest of rate if you have a Euro would do less of amount to produce an amount all together as before there was a greater amount. Advantages to finical sector meaning the euros would degree the expenses of having trade bonds. Also more opportunities and…

The European crisis has affected numerous individuals over the years, and still continues to affect several of them. As stated in the article “Why did the Crisis happen?” It all began “When a slowdown in the US economy caused over-extended American homeowners to default on their mortgages, banks all over the world with investments linked to those mortgages started losing money.” (2014) Our fourth largest bank in America collapsed, and other banks feared the same would happen to them. As a…

I got my passport and rode on the bus to the capitol city. In the city, we watched Sponge Bob over and over; It was so bad, but Pasha loved it. After that, we took a plane to Amsterdam and my dad had eight euros left. He gave Pasha five and me three. I asked Pasha to give me one euro so we’d be even. He didn’t give me one. I tried to talk to my dad, but I couldn’t say anything in English. I had to draw pictures. I told Pasha, “let’s get some kind of a bar so we can share and not be hungry…