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A financial market is any exchange that facilitates the trading of financial instruments, such as stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, or primary commodities such as oil and gas.

What is moral hazard and how does it apply to financial markets?

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The UK's Bond Market: A Beacon for Investors

9th September 2024
Buffett’s Billion-Dollar Bet: Why Berkshire Is Hoarding Cash and Selling Apple

4th August 2024
Nationwide’s Bold Move to Acquire Virgin Money

19th July 2024
Edexcel A-Level Economics (A) Theme 4 Knowledge Organiser Pack 2

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AQA A-Level Economics Year 13 Macroeconomics Knowledge Organiser

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Financial Times - Bank Failures in 2023

27th December 2023
4.4.2 Market Failure in Financial Markets

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How leveraged were banks prior to the Global Financial Crisis?

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What is a bank stress test?

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Economics of Commercial Bank Bailouts

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2023 Banking Crisis - Credit Suisse rescued by Swiss rival UBS

20th March 2023
Economics of Speculative Bubbles

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Why does the financial system need to be regulated?

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Financial Regulation in the UK (Financial Economics)

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What was the LIBOR-fixing scandal?

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Building Societies (Financial Economics)

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Crucial days ahead for financial stability in the UK economy

11th October 2022
Financial Markets - Which Countries have the Highest Government Bond Yields?

1st October 2022
Regulation of Payday Loans (Financial Economics)

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Commercial banks and capital requirements

22nd August 2016
Why banks could disappear in 20 years

28th October 2016
Richard Koo Explains a Balance Sheet Recession

6th November 2016
Banking Stress Tests: RBS remains the weakest link

30th November 2016
How banks make money: Lending spreads

30th November 2016
Bank warns of market failure from a return to lax financial rules

9th February 2017
Financial Market Failure - Cyprus in Focus

5th March 2017
Teaching Financial Markets - Central Bank and Money teacher webinar resources

12th March 2017
Financial Economics - Commercial and Investment Banks

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Financial Economics - Introduction to Money and Finance

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Financial Economics - Financial Crisis Study Presentation

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Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis (Financial Economics)

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Policy Responses to the Global Financial Crisis (Financial Economics)

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Peer to Peer Lending (Financial Economics)

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Asset Price Cycles (Financial Economics)

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Crowdfunding (Financial Economics)

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Banking Profitability (Financial Economics)

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Credit Unions (Financial Economics)

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What are Commercial Banks? (Financial Economics)

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Commercial Banks and the UK Economy (Financial Economics)

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Types of Financial Crisis (Financial Economics)

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Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis (Financial Economics)

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Consequences of Financial Crises (Financial Economics)

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Financial Markets | Commercial and Investment Bank 'Categorise' Activity

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Financial Markets | Three Main Types of Market 'File Away' Activity

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Financial Markets | Bond Calculations Multi Choice Quiz

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Economics of Stock Markets [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Bonds Research Task [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Bonds Markets [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Quantitative Easing (Online Lesson)

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Nationalisation and Commercial Banks [Year 13 Enrichment Task]

22nd April 2020
Financial Markets - Concentration Knowledge Retrieval Quiz

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Contestable Markets: Google to offer banking current accounts

14th November 2019
Green Bonds

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Investment Banks (Financial Economics)

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Commercial Banks (Financial Economics)

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Financial Market Failure (Financial Economics)

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Financial Regulation (2019 Update)

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Financial Market Failure (2019 Update)

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Regulating the UK Financial System Post Crisis (Financial Economics)

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Financial Markets in the UK and Beyond (Quizlet Revision Activity)

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Spiralling debt could herald the next financial crisis

15th February 2019
Financialisation

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Synoptic Short: Policies for Financial Stability

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Financial Market Failure (Revision Essay Plan)

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Test 5: A Level Economics: MCQ Revision on Financial Economics

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Debt Finance for Businesses (Financial Economics)

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Equity Finance for Businesses (Financial Economics)

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Financial Instability and the Real Economy (Financial Economics)

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Explaining Bond Prices and Bond Yields (Financial Economics)

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Commercial Banks - How they Make a Profit (Financial Economics)

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Financial Stability in the UK Economy (Financial Economics)

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Contestable Markets: Challenges and Opportunities from Open Banking

3rd January 2018
Banks pass the latest stress test challenge!

30th November 2017
Deutsche fined again over LIBOR rigging

26th October 2017
How to spot a financial crisis

5th October 2017
10 Years After the Financial Crash with Alistair Darling

3rd October 2017
The Credit Ratings agencies. Who are they and should we really care?

24th September 2017
Banking reform: Has enough been done?

18th September 2017
10 Years of Change in British Banking

18th September 2017
Global Financial Crisis - Ten Years On

6th August 2017
Index Funds - excellent introduction from Tim Harford

17th July 2017
10 Years on from the Financial Crash - how stable is the system?

3rd July 2017
Managing the National Debt

13th June 2017
FinTech: How technology is changing the world of finance

17th April 2017
Is private sector debt sinking China?

20th January 2016
Paul Ormerod: Are the Markets Telling the Truth?

28th January 2016
The Big Short - Organise an Economics Class Trip!

24th January 2016
Regulation of Bankers' Bonuses - information from the latest Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin

15th December 2015
Wall Street no smarter than Mr and Mrs Average

3rd September 2014
Co-Op Bank fails Bank of England stress test

16th December 2014
New arrest highlights financial market dangers

22nd April 2015
Mini Lecture - The Global Financial Crisis

30th May 2015
Why banking is dominated by a few big and highly leveraged firms

16th June 2015
Guaranteed bank deposits and the market for lemons

8th July 2015
Mapping out the financial system

11th July 2015
Sky high pay and financial instability

27th August 2015
Hysteresis Effects from the Global Financial Crisis

28th August 2015
The Trouble with Financial Bubbles

20th October 2015
HBOS Report - Market Failure and Regulatory Capture

20th November 2015
Why Financial Markets Matter - Short Lesson Video

20th November 2015

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