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Financial Markets, Saving, and Investment MCQ

Economic investment refers to _____.

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Correct Answer: Making new additions to a firm’s stock of capital.

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Money market securities are sometimes referred to as cash equivalents because _____.

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Correct Answer: They are safe and marketable.

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One of the main reasons that Lehman Brothers failed is that it ______.

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Correct Answer: Underestimated the risk of mortgage-backed securities

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Quickly buying and selling houses is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Flipping

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In 2005–2006, the Fed ______.

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Correct Answer: Raised interest rates

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Many of the people who took out subprime loans early in the 21st century ______.

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Correct Answer: Were ineligible for traditional loans

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Fed policy after the 2001 recession ______.

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Correct Answer: Created low interest rates

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The theory that government borrowing drives up the interest rate, lowering consumption by households and investment spending by firms is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: The crowding-out effect

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The supply of loanable funds curve is ______.

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Correct Answer: Positively sloped

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Vera is studying the national budget of her country. She has found that, for her nation, T > G + TR. Vera’s country has ______.

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Correct Answer: A budget surplus

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The sum of private saving and public saving in an economy is known as its ______ saving.

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Correct Answer: National

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The relationship between saving and investment for an entire economy is represented by the equation ______.

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Correct Answer: S = I

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If Company Q were to go bankrupt, the owners of Company Q’s ______ would be most exposed to risk.

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Correct Answer: Common stock

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Financial institutions that accept funds from households and make them available to firms are known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Financial intermediaries

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Stocks and bonds are often referred to as ______.

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Correct Answer: Securities

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A stock that pays fixed, regular dividend payments that do not vary with the profits of the corporation is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Preferred stock

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Entities that hold shares of stock in a corporation are called ______.

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Correct Answer: Stockholders

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Entities that hold shares of stock in a corporation are called

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Correct Answer: Stakeholders

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Stocks and bonds are securities

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Correct Answer: True

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The practice of using corporate profits for capital investment rather than dividend payouts is called

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Correct Answer: Retaining earnings

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A stock that pays fixed, regular dividend payments that do not vary with the profits of the corporation is called

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Correct Answer: Preferred stock

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The theory that government borrowing drives up the interest rate, lowering consumption by households and investment spending by firms is called

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Correct Answer: Crowding out effect

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Residual claimants of corporate resources who receive a proportion of profits based upon the ratio of shares held is called

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Correct Answer: Common stock

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Bonds are obligations issued by the corporation that promise the holder to receive fixed annual interest payments and payment of the principal upon maturity

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Correct Answer: True

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