TagEconomic

sukuk el-tamwil

sukuk el-tamwil  n.— «Egyptian civil law limits the interest on a conventional bond to 7 per cent. This would hardly attract investors, with inflation running at over 30 per cent. However, Law 146 allows for the issue of sukuk el-tamwil...

numptorium

numptorium  n.— «A leading British economist has dismissed the Scottish parliament as a glorified town hall that promotes policies which are more zealously socialist than those of the hardline communist government of Cuba.John Blundell...

fukubukuro

fukubukuro  n.— «Grab bags, known as fukubukuro (lucky bags), are popular items in almost every store during the New Year holiday season in Japan. Some are especially large, such as one selling for Y15 million by the Takashimaya & Co...

puroburemu

puroburemu  n.— «Osamu Shimomura, “Nihon Mondai kara ‘Amerikan Puroburemu’ e” [From the Japan problem to the American problem] Seiron (July 1987), 40-49.» —“Japanese Foreign Economic Policy Formation: Explaining the...