In: Finance
Explain the principal contributions made by a financial market to an economy. State the advantages and disadvantages of each
Financial markets help in capital allocation to companies
through debt and equity markets. Companies can issue capital from
bond and equity market and utilize it to produce goods and services
which boosts the economy.It provides assess to low cost sources of
capital, which increases value of firms , hence helps to expand the
economy.
Advantages:
1. It eliminates information asymmetry ,hence protects both the
lender as well as borrower and also investor and the company.
2. It creates liquidity in the market which increases the
efficiency in the economy.
Disadvantages:
1. Only limited companies can easily access the financial market.
For financial market is not for all.
2. During economic downturn credit rating agencies easily
manipulated the financial market and hence caused huge losses to
the economy. This caused allocation of capital to loss making
companies or less credit worthy companies