Global financial markets: Factors influencing the global financial markets

Abstract

The worldwide recession began in earnest with a series of acute financial crises in key developed nations that occurred simultaneously with the freezing of financial markets around the world and the steep decline in global trade. The current research focused on assessing the impact of (Global economy, Business growth and development, and Inflation) ton global financial markets. The present thesis was analyzed using a questionnaire. Sample design is the technique or process that the researcher is able to accept in selecting objects for the survey is referred to as sample design. The research sample was chosen using a random sampling method and carried out in various businesses located in Kurdistan region of Iraq. A total of 280 questionnaires were issued, but only 228 participants completed them correctly. In order to examine the aspect of factors (Global economy, Business development and growth, and Inflation) to measure the influence on sustained competitive advantage in small and medium businesses in Kurdistan region of Iraq.Participants were asked to rate the value of each object on a five-point scale ranging from unimportant to highly important. The findings revealed that the implications of the first hypothesis: Global economy strongly predicts global financial markets (Beta is weight 0.801, p.001), implying that Global economy would have a clear beneficial relationship with global financial markets based on these findings, the implications of the second hypothesis: Business development and growth strongly predicts global financial markets (Beta is weight 0.719, p.001), implying that business development and growth would have a clear beneficial relationship with global financial markets based on these findings, and finally the implications of the third hypothesis: inflation strongly predicts global financial markets (Beta is weight 0.689, p.001), implying that Inflation would have a clear beneficial relationship with global financial markets based on these findings.