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In the weeks following 17 August, one US dollar went from being worth 6.43 rubles to being worth over 21 rubles. The Russian financial crisis (also called the ruble crisis or the Russian flu) began in Russia on 17 August 1998. It resulted in the Russian government and the Russian Central Bank devaluing the ruble and defaulting on its debt.
Liquidity crisis. In financial economics, a liquidity crisis is an acute shortage of liquidity. [1] Liquidity may refer to market liquidity (the ease with which an asset can be converted into a liquid medium, e.g. cash), funding liquidity (the ease with which borrowers can obtain external funding), or accounting liquidity (the health of an ...
Russian financial crisis (2014–2016) Annual percentage GDP growth rate of Russia, 2008–2017. Yearly inflation in Russia since 2008. Capital outflow from Russia, billions of USD. The financial crisis in Russia in 2017 (from 2014) [1] [2] was the result of the sharp devaluation of the Russian rouble beginning in the second half of 2014.
The Great Recession in Russia was a crisis during 2008–2009 in the Russian financial markets as well as an economic recession that was compounded by political fears after the war with Georgia and by the plummeting price of Urals heavy crude oil, which lost more than 70% of its value since its record peak of US$147 on 4 July 2008 before rebounding moderately in 2009.
Investment management. Long-Term Capital Management L.P. ( LTCM) was a highly leveraged hedge fund. In 1998, it received a $3.6 billion bailout from a group of 14 banks, in a deal brokered and put together by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. [1]
The GKO crisis, the most significant financial crisis in post-Soviet Russia, caused turmoil amongst both foreign and domestic investors and creditors. The crisis led to the abrupt devaluation of the Russian ruble in several steps in August and September 1998. (The result of the ruble's value after the fall and some oscillations was the ruble's ...
The Great Recession in Russia was a crisis during 2008–2009 in the Russian financial markets as well as an economic recession that was compounded by political fears after the war with Georgia and by the plummeting price of Urals heavy crude oil, which lost more than 70% of its value since its record peak of US$147 on 4 July 2008 before ...
The Great Recession was a period of marked decline in economies around the world that occurred in the late 2000s. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country (see map). [1] [2] At the time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great Depression.