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Lehman Brothers

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Ceased operations2008
FoundedMontgomery
Alabama
United States
HeadquartersNew York City
New York
United States
Subsidiaries Trilantic Capital Partners
Founders Henry Lehman
Emanuel Lehman
Mayer Lehman
Parent organizationsLehman (Cayman Islands) Ltd
Lehman Brothers Holdings
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States, doing business in investment . . .

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World Bank: Global rate hikes could trigger 2023 recession

Feb 16,2020 6:11 am

Interest rate hikes by central banks around The World could trigger a global recession in 2023, The World Bank has said.

Central banks have raised Rates " with a degree of synchronicity not seen over The Past five decades" to tackle soaring prices, it said.

Raising Rates makes borrowing more expensive to try to bring down The pace of price rises.

But it also makes loans more costly, which can slow Economic Growth .

The Warning from The World Bank comes ahead of Monetary Policy meetings by The US Federal Reserve and Bank of England, which are expected to increase key interest Rates next week.

On Thursday, The World Bank said The global economy was in its steepest slowdown since 1970.

It said " The World 's three largest economies - The US, China and The Euro Area - have been slowing sharply".

" Under The circumstances, even a moderate hit to The global economy over The Next year could tip it into recession, " it said.

The World Bank also called on central banks to coordinate their actions and " communicate policy decisions clearly" to " reduce The degree of tightening needed".

Inflation, which is The rate at which prices rise, hit a 40-year-high in The US and UK in recent months.

This Was driven by higher demand as pandemic restrictions eased, and as The War in Ukraine boosted energy, fuel and food prices.

In response, Central Bank policymakers have raised interest Rates to cool demand from households and businesses.

However, big rate increases increase The Risk of recession as it can cause an economy to slow.

Central banks do not typically run policy decisions by their counterparts.

They have in The Past , however, coordinated their actions to support The global economy.

In 2007, a global financial crisis was precipitated by a subprime mortgage crisis in The US.

This developed into a full-blown crash after The collapse of The Lehman Brothers investment bank in September 2008.

A month later, The Fed, along with The European Central Bank and central banks in Canada, Sweden and Switzerland, jointly lowered their key interest Rates .

That The " intensification of The financial crisis has augmented The downside risks to growth and thus has diminished further The Upside risks to price stability".

" Some easing of global monetary conditions is therefore warranted, " they added.



Source of news: bbc.com

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