| A | B |
|---|
| Created during the Great Depression to Maintain Public Confidence in the Banking System | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| Established in 1913 and is the central bank of the United States. It controls the money supply | Federal Reserve Board |
| A market which stock prices are falling | Bear |
| A market where stock prices are increasing in value | Bull |
| A bond where ownership is determined by possession | Bearer Bond |
| An increase in the market value of an asset over time. | Capital Gain |
| A measure of tyhe change in price of consumer goods | Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
| An increase in promised payments to account for increased prices | Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) |
| An unsecured bond backed only by the credit of the issuer | Debenture |
| A decrease in the level of prices | Deflation |
| A long period of economic decline usual featuring high unemployment | Depression |
| Income after taxes that is available for personal use | Disposable Income |
| An artifical lowering of a nation's currency | Devaluation |
| The rate of interest that the Federal Reserve charges member banks | Discount Rate |
| Discretionary payment by a corporation to its shareholders | Dividend |
| A school of thinking that argues that economic growth can be achieved by lowering taxes | Supply-Side Economics |
| Bonds Issued by companies with low credit ratings | Junk Bonds |
| A flexible investment fund for a limited number of large investors | Hedge Funds |
| The market value of all goods and services over a specific period of time | Gross Domestic Product |
| Investing in more than one asset to minimize risk | Diversification |
| An increase in the level of prices | Inflation |
| Assets consisting of cash and items that can easily be converted to cash | Liquid Assets |
| Bonds issued by state and local governments | Municipal Bonds |
| Total borrowing limit set by Congress | National Debt Ceiling |
| A statistical measurement of the change in the price of wholesale goods | Producer Price Index |
| A mild decrease in economic activity | Recession |
| Economic slowdown in which there is little growth of GDP | Stagnation |
| A brokerage account that allows trading on credit | Margin Account |
| An acquisition of a company based on future profits | Leveraged Buyout |
| Borrowing shares of stock firm and selling them in the hopes of buying them back at a lower price | Short Selling |
| The rate charged by banks on short-term loans to commercial banks with the highest credit rating | Prime Interest Rate |
| Security in which a bank or builder gets a group of mortgages and sells bonds based on them | Mortgage Backed Securities |
| The Chair of the Federal Reserve Board | Janet Yellen |
| Freddie Mac is | The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
| Fannie Mae is | Federal National Mortgage Association |
