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Why might individuals want to participate in the financial market?

• It a guaranteed way to make money

• It is an investment option that gives people an opportunity to achieve financial goals

GDP measures the change in prices of goods over a period of a year

• True

• False

Which of the following best describes the economy?

• all the transactions that occur across all the different markets

• all the stock trades in a country over a period of time

• a measure of how much money a country has in its reserves

The three factors that are commonly used to look at how well an economy is doing are: GDP, Inflation rate and......

• Unemployment rate

• Stock Exchange rate

• President's approval rating

Where was the first stock exchange?

• New York

• Chicago

• London

• Tokyo

What can you trade in the Capital Market?

• stocks and bonds

• oil, corn and soy

• currencies

• gold, silver & other precious metals

When the economy is doing well, the unemployment rate is high.

• True

• False

The four phases of the business cycle are Expansion, Peak, ___________, and Trough

• Slide

• Contraction

• Depression

One way to slow down an overheating economy is by adjusting the interest rate banks charge each other for short term loans. This is an example of:

• Monetary policy set by the Central Bank

• Fiscal policy set by the government

In regards to a business, what does it mean to "build capital"?

• raise money to fund growth

• hire new employees

• build a new location