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  2. 1994 bond market crisis - Wikipedia

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    Some financial observers argued that the plummet in bond prices was triggered by the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates by 25 basis points in February, in a move to counter inflation. [4] At about $1.5 trillion in lost market value across the globe, the crash has been described as the worst financial event for bond investors since 1927 ...

  3. Jammu & Kashmir Bank - Wikipedia

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    Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited (J&K Bank) is an Indian private sector bank headquartered in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. [2] The Jammu and Kashmir Bank was incorporated on 1 October 1938, by the then ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh with an initial paid up capital of ₹5.00 Lakh.

  4. Federal Reserve Note - Wikipedia

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    A one-dollar bill, the most common Federal Reserve Note . Federal Reserve Notes are the currently issued banknotes of the United States dollar. [1] The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces the notes under the authority of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 [2] and issues them to the Federal Reserve Banks at the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. [2]

  5. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

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    In 1975, President Ford created the committee by Executive Order 11858. [17] [18] It was composed of the secretary of the treasury as the chairman, secretary of state, secretary of defense, secretary of commerce, the assistant to the president for economic affairs, and the executive director of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy.

  6. Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 - Wikipedia

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    Implementation of J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 [27] The passage of the Reorganisation Act, 2019 was part of a combination of moves by the government of India, including a presidential order C.O. 272 dated 5 August 2019 and a presidential declaration C.O. 273 dated 6 August 2019, [ 20 ] aided by a parliamentary majority . [ 28 ]

  7. Financial transaction tax - Wikipedia

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    [9] The United States instituted a transfer tax on all sales or transfers of stock in The Revenue Act of 1914 (Act of 22 October 1914 (ch. 331, 38 Stat. 745)). Instead of a fixed tax amount per transaction, the tax was in the amount of 0.2% of the transaction value (20 basis points, bips).

  8. Factoring (finance) - Wikipedia

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    [13] [1] Factoring without recourse is a sale of a financial asset (the receivable), in which the factor assumes ownership of the asset and all of the risks associated with it, and the seller relinquishes any title to the asset sold. [13] [1] An example of factoring is the credit card.

  9. Subprime mortgage crisis - Wikipedia

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    From 2000 to 2003, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate target from 6.5% to 1.0%. [285] This was done to soften the effects of the collapse of the dot-com bubble and of the September 2001 terrorist attacks , and to combat the perceived risk of deflation .