global finance
Worldwide monetary systems
Global finance is the system of money, credit, and investment flowing across national borders—encompassing international banking, currency exchange, and cross-border capital markets.
The term often appears in discussions of economic interdependence: Global finance means a crisis in one country can trigger panic worldwide.
Institutions like the IMF and World Bank operate within global finance, as do multinational corporations managing funds across jurisdictions.
- hedge fundsPooled alternative investment vehicles
- stock exchangesSecurities trading marketplaces
- central banksGovernment monetary policy institutions
- bond marketsWhere debt securities trade
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
too big to fail · mutual funds · foreign exchange market · trade agreements · investment firms · contagion · shadow banking · sovereign debt · blockchain technology · green bonds · multinational banks · capital flight · credit default swaps · fiscal policy · capital markets · venture capital · markets · forex
- global financeinternational banking, central banks, capital flows, exchange rates, foreign exchange
- globalizationfree trade, global village, global trade, multinationals, global economy
- global businessmultinational corporations, multinationals, multinational, foreign markets, international trade
- Global Economicsfree trade, economic development, trade pacts, economic growth, trade blocs
- Banking Historybank runs, bank failures, central banks, Federal Reserve, gold standard
- G20 SummitsG7, world leaders, communique, declaration, joint statement
global financecommunity banking
Regional financial institutions serving locals
regional banking · credit unions · microfinance · local economy · Main Street
global financeeconomic nationalism
Favoring domestic over foreign commerce
deglobalization · autarky · protectionism · self-sufficiency · localism
global financemutual aid
Cooperative community support
cash economy · peer-to-peer lending · barter · subsistence economy · underground economy