Speculative attack — A speculative attack is the massive selling of a country s currency assets by both domestic and foreign investors. Countries that utilize a fixed exchange rate are more susceptible to a speculative attack than countries utilizing a floating… … Wikipedia
Attack Vector: Tactical — Cover Art Designer(s) Ken Burnside, Eric Finley, Tony Valle Publisher(s) Ad Astra Games Players … Wikipedia
Kierkegaard’s speculative despair — Judith Butler Every movement of infinity is carried out through passion, and no reflection can produce a movement. This is the continual leap in existence that explains the movement, whereas mediation is a chimera, which in Hegel is supposed to… … History of philosophy
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Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
Currency crisis — A currency crisis, which is also called a balance of payments crisis, is a sudden devaluation of a currency caused by chronic balance of payments deficits which usually ends in a speculative attack in the foreign exchange market. It occurs when… … Wikipedia
Financial crisis — For the 2008–2010 crisis, see Subprime mortgage crisis , Late 2000s financial crisis and Late 2000s recession. Economics … Wikipedia
Speculation — Speculator redirects here. For the village, see Speculator, New York. For the Montana mining incident, see Speculator Mine disaster. This article is about the financial term. For other uses, see Speculation (disambiguation). Financial market… … Wikipedia
Currency transaction tax — For the more specific types of currency transaction taxes , see Tobin tax and Spahn tax. See also: Financial transaction tax A currency transaction tax is a tax placed on a specific type of currency transaction for a specific purpose. This term… … Wikipedia
Gold standard — For other uses, see Gold standard (disambiguation). Under a gold standard, paper notes are convertible into pre set, fixed quantities of gold. The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass… … Wikipedia
Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British … Universalium
