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Caring capitalism vs loneliness | BusinessWorld

Paul McCartney of Beatles in “Eleanor Rigby” We live in a predominantly lonely world and as observed by Bartleby in The Economist, the lockdown due to the COVID-19 has exacerbated this problem that has been spreading for decades in developed nations.  As a developing country, the Philippines may not have reached that alarming level but if we don’t watch out, we may succumb to the same malaise. In an important new book, The Lonely Century, economist Noreena Hertz notes how loneliness is the defining condition of our time, worsened by ever increasing social and economic inequality. If that last part of the statement rings familiar, we ought to be unduly concerned as a country.

Inflation concerns for ordinary savers

BusinessWorld January 22, 2021 | 12:01 am By Benel D. Lagua Prices of goods, services and assets must be corrected for the effects of inflation in order to make meaningful economic comparisons over time. To correct for the effects of inflation, economists distinguish between what they call nominal prices, or prices in terms of some currency, and real prices, or prices in terms of purchasing power over goods and services. We also distinguish between nominal and real interest rates. The nominal interest rate on a savings  or investment instrument is the promised amount of money you receive per unit you deposit.  The real rate of return is defined as the nominal interest rate you earn corrected for the change in the purchasing power of money.

Our changing finance world | BusinessWorld

By Benel D. Lagua The expected monster listing of Ant Financial which was derailed by China regulators represents a glimpse of the transformation happening in the finance world. It showed the positive and negative aspects of the fintech disruption. The application of technology to financial markets or fintech is changing finance practice all over the world. Fintech offers big gains in efficiency. And it is replete with risks. Let’s first review the changes that are happening around us. Digital banking technologies are now observable in deposits, payment systems, wallets, lending, investing, currencies, insurance, etc. The pandemic has contributed to the surge by forcing more people to bank and pay online. The shift from physical to digital payments is the new normal.

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