Noun

banks

  1. Plural form of bank.

Verb

banks

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bank.

Danish

Noun

banks c.

  1. Genitive singular indefinite of bank.

Noun

banks n.

  1. Genitive singular indefinite of bank.
  2. Genitive plural indefinite of bank.

Swedish

Noun

banks

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bank.

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Sat Aug 1 22:27:10 2009

Banks is the plural of bank, a financial institution; see bank (disambiguation) for other uses and Category:Banks for a list of specific companies.

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Sun Aug 2 14:28:54 2009

How to check as what banks are giving good mortgage interest rates ?
Q. 1) Is there a website where we can check as what banks are giving good mortgage interest rates ? 2) Do we have to look only local banks where I live ? If I live in illinois , do I have look for a lender or bank in IL only ? 3) Any suggestions as which bank is good ?
Asked by JohnPau2010 - Thu Apr 2 13:56:26 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There are a few ways to check - First Bankrate.com allows you to search based on interest rates and will list from lowest to highest if you want. Also, fill out the form at lendingtree.com and you should get up to four banks you can negotiate with. A good mortgage broker can shop around for you and get the best rate going for your financial situation (remember that brokers make money off commission, so it is not always in their own best interests to get you the best rate). Finally, call around yourself. You do not have to call just local banks as many national banks may be licensed to do business in your state. The state banking agency should have a list of all banks licensed to offer mortgages in Illinois. Remember that rates… [cont.]
Answered by Steve D - Thu Apr 2 14:04:04 2009

How can the Federal Reserve influence banks willingness to expand or contract the money supply?
Q. Explain the role of banks in determining the money supply in the United States. How can the Federal Reserve influence banks willingness to expand or contract the money supply?
Asked by Amy B - Thu Feb 21 18:13:33 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Most money is created via private loans. The Federal Reserve's job is to make sure the private world keeps loaning money. "Open Market Operations", "Reserve Requirements" and the "Discount Rate" are the Federal Reserves tools for keeping the money flowing. Federal injections of money (by any of these means) equate to future inflation.) The market goes down because injections equate to inflation and the people with money to invest are concerned that future inflation (coupled with taxes) will outpace there benefits from investing in a business activity. The investors are moving to real items (such as gold). Therefore, when the fed lowers rates, the private loans continue to shrink and jobs shrink. This is what is known as stagflation ( [cont.]
Answered by M D - Sat Feb 23 10:42:07 2008

How can sharia banks afford to give out interest free loans?
Q. I have heard that islamic banks give out interest free loans because islam forbids charging interest. How can they afford to do this? What is the catch? What is in it for them? Why would anyone take out a regular loan with interest if this type is available?
Asked by jimmy7123 - Tue Apr 14 01:42:52 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. In basic terms, the bank buys the item on your behalf - say, a house if we're talking mortgages - then sells it to you at a higher price.
Answered by chip2001 - Tue Apr 14 02:30:38 2009

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  • The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it (p15). The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.
  • The banks do create money. They have been doing it for a long time, but they didn't quite realise it, and they did not admit it. Very few did. You will find it in all sorts of documents, financial textbooks, etc. But in the intervening years, and we must all be perfectly frank about these things, there has been a development of thought, until today I doubt very much whether you would get many prominent bankers to attempt to deny that banks create credit.
    • H. W. White, Chairman of the Associated Banks of New Zealand, to the New Zealand Monetary Commission, 1955.
  • And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.