With her appointment as the first female Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Janet Yellen has been hailed as one of the foremost living American economists. She previously served faithfully and effectively as Vice-Chairman of the Fed from 2010 until she rose to the post of head of the Fed with President Barrack Obama’s appointment [...]

The Japanese Bankers Association is also known by its internationally recognized acronym the JBA. This is the elite financial institutions’ umbrella organization. Its membership is comprised of bank holding companies, banks, and banker associations throughout Japan. Their purpose is to promote planning for the best operating of payment systems, to reinforce compliance and promote CSR, to encourage appropriate transactions for [...]

Jason Furman is a modern day economist who has most recently served since August of 2013 as the President’s Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. He proved to be the 28th individual who worked in this capacity for the White House. In this position, Furman endeavored on behalf of the President as his Chief Economist who was also a [...]

John Maynard Keynes proved to be the English economist, professor, and journalist who also served in British government as a key economic advisor at the powerful British Treasury department. He has become best remembered for his at-the-time influential Keynesian economics. These theories had to do with the reasons for and solutions to long term unemployment. Keynes was born to a [...]

John Sherman was a United States Congressman, Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and finally Secretary of State in the critical second half of 1800s America. His most lasting achievement that had a permanent and meaningful impact on posterity proved to be his signature Sherman Antitrust Act that he sponsored and saw passed while he was in government leadership. This act [...]

Joint ventures are businesses or projects that two or more companies create together. They typically have shared risks and returns, ownership, and control structure. Companies form joint ventures for a primary reason. Usually they are trying to combine their various resources in order to achieve some specific goal. It could be for an existing or a new project. Each of [...]

Joseph Eugene Stieglitz is an American-born professor of economics at Columbia University who is also regarded as the fourth most influential economist in the world. This is based on the number of citations individuals have used sourcing him in papers, government reports, and other areas of academic work. He has received the world renowned Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences [...]

JP Morgan Chase turns out to be among the oldest financial institutions or banks that are based in the United States. The firm’s history hails back more than 200 years. Today, the company boasts assets that exceed $2.4 trillion, and it is a leading global banking and financial services outfit. JP Morgan Chase has a presence in over 100 countries [...]

Jumbo loans are specific types of loans made by banks for home mortgages. They are special because these loans are for larger sized house loans. In order for a loan to be qualified as a jumbo one, it must be larger than the conforming loan limits. The government Federal Housing Finance Agency sets these conforming loan limits through regulation. They [...]

Junk bonds are almost the same as regular bonds with an important difference. They are lower rated for credit worthiness. This is why in order to understand junk bonds, individuals first must comprehend the basics of traditional bonds. Like traditional bonds, junk bonds are promises from organizations or companies to pay back the holder the amount of money which they [...]