World Financial Crisis
What you can do
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2008 was the year of international financial crisis, with trouble on Wall Street and the start of a world-wide round of bank bailouts. Today the effects rumble on, particularly in Europe. This page links to useful resources to help understand the crisis and all the accompanying financial jargon.
Useful websites
- Layman’s finance crisis glossary
- Interest.co.nz New Zealand website keeps you up-to-date with financial information.
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand Our central bank. Maintains the stability and efficiency of the financial system.
- BBC economy and useful resources including Finance Crisis In Graphics,Where has all the money gone ( insight into how the modern banking system works) and a timeline of events leading to the crisis.
- The Reckoning articles from the New York Times
- Economic Meltdown 101 audio slideshow from The Age which gives a straightforward background to the crisis.
Resources in our libraries
- Finance and Investment recommended websites from the Internet Gateway
- Economics recommended websites from the Internet Gateway
- Financial Crises resources in our collection
The Source
- Try “world credit crunch” in our 360Degree Search and you will find a vast array of articles and other information on what is happening
- A Dictionary of Finance and Banking
Published by Oxford University Press, 2008. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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August 2013
