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...tightly linked to the price of electricity: When electricity prices are high, SWIFTs enjoy higher revenues. SWIFTs have become expert at using customized derivatives to offset the risks associated with these revenue fluctuations, yielding net earnings that, until recently, had appeared to be virtually risk-free. They then issue short-term debt backed by these stable earnings. A typical SWIFT finances 90 percent of its assets using overnight notes that yield only slightly more than Treasury bills...
...report suggests that risky investment practices have already had both short-term and long-term consequences for local communities...
...primary problem for Greece now is whether or not the country will be able to generate enough capital to pay back their short-term debt, said Jeffrey A. Miron, a senior lecturer in economics...
...term benefits for the poor. The tournament will create an estimated 415,000 jobs, and although there have been complaints, and even strikes, over low wages, it is undeniable that those jobs hold immeasurable value in a nation with unemployment hovering around 25 percent Although South Africa will experience short-term losses from the World Cup, it is not unreasonable to predict that the renovated airports, roads, and hotels will be a catalyst for growth into the future. Furthermore, the nearly $200 million spent on security training and equipment cannot hurt in a nation where approximately 50 murders and nearly...
...socialist government can follow through on the deeper structural reforms Greece needs to implement to rein in its staggering debt and jump-start its moribund economy. As part of its pledges to its European partners, Greece has already cut civil servants' pay and raised taxes. But those are merely short-term measures. The bigger challenge is to reform the country's tax and pension systems, liberalize controlled areas of its economy and cut the size of the civil service. All of these will require taking on powerful interest groups, like the country's unions...