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The Fragile Five Biits
The Fragile Five, or the Fragile Five Biits, is a term coined in 2013 to refer to Brazil, Indonesia, India, Turkey and South Africa. There was some fear at the time that the difficulties being experienced by these five emerging economies, especially with their currencies, could trigger a generalised crisis in the same way that Thailand triggered a global crisis in 1997.
Fragile Five in the news
In August 2013 an FT writer concluded that although the Fragile Five collectively accounted for about 7...
Business glossary
- business ecosystemIncreasingly, businesses operate in a broader network of related businesses offering particular products or services. This is known as a...
- business model
- classical economics
- corporate governance
- corporate responsibility
- elasticity of demand
- flexible working
- generation Y
- green technology
- hidden needs
- market capitalisation
- moral hazard
- price/earnings ratio
- private equity
- return on equity
- social media
- sustainable enterprise
- trade secret
- value-based pricing
- value investing
- venture capital
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Buzz Words
- AbenomicsAbenomics is the name given to a suite of measures introduced by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe after his December 2012 re-election to...
- crowdfunding
- crowdsourcing
- Dodd-Frank Act
- ESG
- flash trading
- Glass-Steagall Act
- grey dollar
- hawk
- inflation targeting
- Keynesian economics
- microfinance
- MMO massively multiplayer online
- pregnant presenteeism
- sukuk (Islamic bonds)
- spread betting
- sustainable development
- too big to fail
- toxic assets
- Volcker rule
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In the News
- cyber crimeCyber crime involves activities like raiding bank accounts and stealing information from companies. ExampleIntel employee Biswamohan Pani...
- financial regulation
- dark pools
- Financial Policy Committee FPC
- IMF
- insider trading
- IPO
- Libor
- monetary transmission
- net neutrality
- peak oil
- Serious Fraud Office
- sovereign bonds
- strategic alliance
- proprietary trading
- Yellen Index
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