Investment, debt & trade

What is a hedge fund?

• a type of investment that can make a lot of profit but involves a large risk

• a large company consisting of different companies.

• a number of companies owned by one person.

• A company that encourages international trade and gives financial help to poor countries

The movement of money into a country is called...

What is the IMF?

If a situation spurs inflation...

• It reduces inflation

• It encourages inflation

• It keeps inflation under control

• It combats inflation

_______ is a process by which a currency loses value in comparison with other currencies.

• Drop

• Depletion

• Reduction

• Depreciation

How would you define laissez-faire?

The EU and MERCOSUR are examples of...

When countries dump goods on another country, they...

• import them at a much lower price.

• sell them very cheaply.

• stop buying them.

• buy them very cheaply.

What are tariffs and quotas?

What's the name of an industry that's in its earliest stage of development?

• brand-new industry

• newborn industry

• new industry

• infant industry