Thomas A. Durkin, Gregory Elliehausen, and Thomas A. Miller, Jr.Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) shields purchasers from financial risks of losses exceeding insured collateral values if vehicles become total losses. Yet surprisingly little is known about the sales of this product or consumers’ attitudes toward it. In this study, we report the results of a representative national survey conducted by the Survey Research Center (SRC) of the University of Michigan.

The International Monetary Fund recently issued an assessment of the UK economy. Bumble Dee / ShutterstockEveryone from political pundits to people on the street have issued forth on the new UK government’s tax cut-laden growth plan recently. But it was a rare public rebuke from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that really impacted financial markets.

The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.

The pace of Greece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) annual growth accelerated once again, with another solid rise of 39.5 percent year-on-year in August, from 35.6 percent in July, ELSTAT data said on Friday.