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META Lesson 2: Accounting Inconsistencies and Consequences

Musings on Markets

Financing expenses are expenses associated with the use of non-equity financing, and in most firms, it takes the form of interest expenses on debt, short term and long term. Capital expenses are expenses that provide benefits over many years. For a manufacturing company, these can take the form of plant and equipment.

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Challenging The Banks

Global Finance

One avenue for the banking sector is to start from scratch, as KakaoBank did in South Korea and Nubank in Brazil. Higher interest rates have given banks some relief over the past few years, increasing their net interest income while hampering competitors—particularly fintech startups dependent on equity financing.