The process of fundamental changes of Slovak banking sector has had essential influence on the concentration and on the character of banking products. The article is oriented on analysing the competition level using Herfindahl index and CR3 and CR5 indexes. Indeces are used to compare the level...

The recent financial crisis has renewed the interest of economists, both at the theoretical and empirical level, in developing a better understanding of credit and its mechanisms. A rapidly growing strand of the literature views banks as facing funding restrictions that condition their borrowing...

This bulletin furnishes farm sector financial ratio estimates developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. These estimates incorporate numerous revisions in estimating procedures and changes in available data. Nationaland State-level estimates of liquidity,...

The U.S. green industry (floriculture and environmental horticulture) is the fastest growing agricultural sector in grower cash receipts, with an average annual growth rate of 9 percent since 1982. Green industry crops totaled $8.7 billion in grower cash receipts, earned 11 percent of the total...

Remarks before the New York Association for Business Economics, New York City.

Given the catastrophe in the world’s largest economy and the subsequent unprecedented ultra-easy money policies, policy makers around the world have to face a new environment. The resulting capital flows in emerging market economies were huge and volatile. These flows have been intermediated...

Combined assets of 5,795 farmer marketing and supply cooperatives amounted to $18.6 billion at the close of fiscal year 1976. Equity capital represented 42 $18.6 billion at the close of fiscal year 1976. percent, borrowed capital 33 percent, and other liabilities 25 percent of total this report...

This report furnishes the latest farm sector balance sheet estimates developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. These estimates incorporate numerous revisions in estimating procedures and changes in available data. National estimates of assets, debt, and equity,...

The food and fiber system accounted for 20 percent of total U.S. business activity in 1980 and nearly 24 percent of total U.S. employment. Farmers' net cash income of $32.6 billion in 1980 declined 15.2 percent from 1979. Net farm income dropped 39 percent. Mainly due to drought conditions,...

Minimum wage legislation which results in higher avcrage wage rates for farm laborers would affect the assct stmcture and income flows of farm operators. A simulation model of financial struchlre of thc farm sector is uscd to show that highcr wage rates would result in inereased nonreal estate...