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Is your knowledge of the English language up to date?

Quiz: "deviations" or "delinquencies"?

US banks have reported an increase in mortgage ____.

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How's the market?

Even if you don’t work in financial services, we think you’ll still find the language of trends and stock markets useful, especially if you’ve invested your hard-earned money in shares.

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Financial reports

Do you know how and when to use financial terms? What is the correct formal term for the money that a company makes from sales? And the money that it spends? Take our financial test to find out.

Financial problems

Enron, Leeds United and EMI: what do these companies have in common? They've all had financial problems.

Even Einstein couldn't understand the rules about income tax

Not exactly Einstein!

If you find the rules about income tax a little confusing, don’t worry, you’re in good company.

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EFA (48): Naked short selling

In the 48th instalment of our regular series, Economics for Amateurs, we are going to look at what happens when you put three simple English words together: "naked", "short" and "selling".

Folge

Many experts argue that leverage was a key cause of the recent financial crisis. But what exactly is leverage? This is the topic of the 34th item of our Economics for Amateurs (EFA) series, which you can find here each Monday.

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Volkswirtschaftslehre

Living the good life

GLOBAL: What do Russia, Japan, Qatar, and Hong Kong have in common? The answer is wealth. More precisely: these countries are home to the wealthiest expats in the world.

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START-UPS: We may be in a global recession, but it could be just the right time to try out your business idea. In the UK, the economic downturn has led to a huge interest in setting up small businesses.

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Quiz: "eluders" or "evaders"?

Quiz: "deviations" or "delinquencies"?

How's the market?

Financial reports

Financial problems

Not exactly Einstein!

EFA (48): Naked short selling

EFA (34): Leverage

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