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The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides ... In its early years, it primarily ... In the 1970s, the World Bank re-conceptualized its ...
Early 1980s Recession; Crisis of 1982, in Chile; 1983 Israel bank stock crisis; Japanese asset price bubble (1986–1992) Black Monday (1987) US stock market crash; Savings and loan crisis (1986–1995) failure of 1,043 out of the 3,234 S&L banks in the U.S.
Panic of 1819, a U.S. recession with bank failures; culmination of U.S.'s first boom-to-bust economic cycle; Panic of 1825, a pervasive British recession in which many banks failed, nearly including the Bank of England; Panic of 1837, a U.S. recession with bank failures, followed by a 5-year depression; Panic of 1847, United Kingdom
The world economy could see a repeat of the 70s oil shocks, Nouriel Roubini said. The "Dr. Doom" economist said crude prices could spike if Israel and Iran go to war.
The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall post–World War II economic expansion. It differed from many previous recessions by involving stagflation , in which high unemployment and high inflation existed simultaneously.
World Bank Group's Franziska Ohnsorge joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss inflation, recessionary risks, rising rates, and the outlook for the global economy.
Mount Washington Hotel. The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, to regulate what would be the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II.
The World Bank Group is the globe's most prestigious development lender, bankrolling hundreds of government projects each year in pursuit of its high-minded mission: to combat the scourge of poverty by backing new transit systems, power plants, dams and other projects it believes will help boost the fortunes of poor people.