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How USA Banks and The Fed Overcome Credit Crisis?

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Fed joins global bid to ease credit crisis

The Federal Reserve and central banks around the world yesterday took the extraordinary step of pumping more than $100 billion into financial markets driven by a credit crisis, the largest such intervention since the September 11 terrorism attacks.

In a rare public statement, the Fed said it wanted to ensure financial markets had enough money to continue operating in an orderly fashion.

"In current circumstances," the Fed said, banks "may experience unusual funding needs because of dislocations in money and credit markets."

New Year Resolutions in 2012

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As another year passes us by, we think how during it we lost the enthusiasm specific for the beginning of a new year, the ambitious plans and the emotions of every work morning. They are probably lost in the activities, deadlines, targets and meetings that we met within the days of the passed year. Whenever a new beginning comes, our plans have to be reviewed, and written down to make your New Year’s resolutions.

Help for Baby Boomers

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Much talk has been made of the looming retirement of "Baby Boomers."  Most recent there has been several articles written in various media concerning their use of home equity to retire on.  Eileen Powel of the Associated Press said "home equity may be baby boomers' salvation; while comments of the Sydney Morning Herald says proceeds from selling their house is what six million Australian baby boomers are counting on for their retirement.  Personally, I don't want to sell my house in order to afford retirement.

Pernyataan kesimpulan misi konsultasi IMF mengenai artikel IV di Indonesia pada tahun 2009

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Statement at the Conclusion of the 2009 Article IV Consultation Mission to Indonesia
Press Release No. 09/201
5 Juni 2009

 

Mr. Milan Zavadjil, Senior Resident Representative dari International Monetary Fund (IMF) di Indonesia, membuat pernyataan di Indonesia:

"Sebuah misi IMF yang dipimpin oleh Mr. Thomas Rumbaugh, Kepala Divisi Departemen Asia Pasifik, berkunjung ke Jakarta pada tanggal 25 Mei - 5 Juni untuk memperkenalkan diskusi konsultasi Artikel IV. Tim bertukar pandangan dengan pemerintah mengenai pandangan ekonomi, pengaruh krisis keuangan global dan perlambatan ekonomi. Berdasarkan diskusi-diskusi ini, tim akan mempersiapkan sebuah laporan, yang dijadwalkan akan diperlihatkan pada jajaran eksekutif IMF pada pertengahan Juli mendatang.

Apakah mencetak uang lebih banyak bisa menyebabkan inflasi?

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Kita sekarang berada dalam resesi

Resesi terjadi ketika terdapat kekurangan uang dalam sirkulasi ekonomi. Uang yang terlalu sedikit menyebabkan orang sulit membeli barang-barang dan sulit membayar pajak. Sesungguhnya, solusi sederhananya adalah pemerintah mencetak uang lebih banyak dan memasukkannya dalam sirkulasi untuk membayar pensiun, pembuatan jalan, sekolah, rumah sakit, hibah untuk industri dan menurunkan pajak.

"Oh, anda tidak dapat melakukan hal itu!" kita berkata.