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What is the purpose of the loans made by the World Bank
To promote sustainable development
What does the international banking system consist of
A decentralized set of central and private banks
What most accurately describes the difference between a discount broker and a full-service broker
Discount brokers don't give investment advice or do stock market
analysis
How do flexible expenses differ from fixed expenses
Flexible expenses vary over time.
Why do globalization and increasing interdependence pose risks to the global economy
Disruptions in one place have effects else where.
What is one effect of a price ceiling
Many market trends are intensified by a instinct among investors
What accurately describes the process of currency exchange
Money from one country is bought using money from another
country.
What is one of the requirements that a company must meet when it begins to sell shares in a stock market
The company must disclose details about its finances.
What is an example of trade restriction
Tariffs and embargos are trade restrictions.
Which of these results from greater capital mobility
Increased foreign investment.
In what situation would the government use a no bid contract
when there is a budget surplus
Best describes a dividend
A share of a company's profit paid to each stockholder
The fed buys 5 billion worth of treasury bonds on the open market what effect does this have on the money supply
The Fed sells $5 billion worth of Treasury bonds on the open
market.
Because costs and benefits are both subjective a person decision will always be based on what
Which of the following best describes how the federal reserve bank keeps banks during a bank run
The Federal Reserve Bank manages the U.S. economy by controlling
the money supply.
What are the following actions is most likely to result in an increase in the money supply (Apex
The friend buys millions of dollars in Treasury bonds
Which of the following is not a goal that an investor could be pursuing selecting stocks To buy
Increasing a company´s market capitalization
What would happen if banks decide to keep more of their assets as reserves in order to avoid risking a shortage of required reserve
The economy would slow dramatically due to a shortage of bank
loans.
What is an example of a labor law in economics
A restriction on when a union may call a strike
Match each organization with its correct relationship to the government
A. Social security _ government agency
B. U.S. Postal Service _ government corporation
C. Boeing _ government contractor
