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Expression of the ability of the labor market in an economy (labor market; place where labor is offered and demanded in units of time) to adjust to rising (falling) demand for labor services with…

In older documents, a tax levied in some German territorial states according to the area planted with tobacco. This tax was rightly objected to. It did not take into account the quality of the…

In the financial market, a period during which demanders – investors, borrowers, speculators – hold back on orders for the time being. Their expectations are directed toward more favorable market conditions, such as a…

The complete or partial release of a claim by a similar counterclaim; §§ 387 ff. BGB (situation whereby a debtor may acknowledge the claimant’s demand, but he pleads his own claim in order to…

In Germany, a working group set up by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and the Deutsche Bundesbank to facilitate the implementation of Basel II at banks. – See Committee mania, Leaning against the wind,…

Generally, the assistance provided by one supervisory authority to another in carrying out its responsibilities. – Specifically, the assistance provided by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority to the establishment and service operations of…

It must be ensured that a member of the supervisory board in a company in the financial sector is knowledgeable and reliable. This is because it has been shown in many failures and bankruptcies…

Global investor demand is directed toward securities denominated in a particular currency, the conservation of value and purchasing power of which is trusted. As a result, the currency in question becomes expensive and the…

In the context of the Financial Soundness Indicators, the ratio of nonperforming loans to total gross loans and the sectoral distribution of loans to total loans. – In connection with European banking supervision, the…

The supervision of financial markets by only one (national) supervisory authority. In Germany, this was accomplished on May 1, 2002, with the establishment of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht). – At…