Who should attend
Anyone who wants to understand the state of the economy and how it affects them, as well as business professionals.
After this class, you will be able to
- Gain a basic and intuitive understanding of the current financial crisis, its causes and potential effects, and ways to mitigate its adverse effects.
What will be covered
- A general overview of the Financial Crisis of 2008
- Basic concepts to help us understand the issues
-Business Cycles, Recession, Depression
-Balance Sheets and Marking-to-Market
-Various Types of Interest Rate - Fed and Monetary Policy
-Banking system and creation of liquidity - Mortgage Market
-Fannie, Freddie, and Mortgage Lending Mechanism - Credit crunch, collapse of big institutions, and the government response
-The Bailout Plan (revisions and role of Congress) - What we have learned and what is in the horizon
-Potential Fallouts and Possible Remedies
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