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What is fiscal policy
How the govt spends money and taxes households and businesses.
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What is the FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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What is globalization
the worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade and communications connections
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What is comparative advantage
the ability of one country to specialize and produce a good at lower opportunity cost than another country can
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What are the goals of the World Bank
to reduce poverty around the world and to promote foreign investment, international trade and capital investment.
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What is the monetary policy controlled by? What does it do?
The fed and it releases the flow of money into the economy.
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What is banks for banks
the central bank.
the federal reserve. Also called the FED |
What is international trade without restrictions
free trade
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What is foreign aid
when the govt programs provide economic or military assistance to another country
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What is a tool used by international organizations to persuade a particular group of governments to change their policy by restricting trade investment or other commercial activity.
economic Sanctions
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What is tax revenue
income gained by govt by taxation
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What is tight money policy
The fed raises the reserve requirement
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What eliminated trade barriers between the US, Canada, and Mexico. It opened new markets, created new jobs,and encouraged growth in member economies.
NAFTA
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What is WTO and what does it deal with
Word Trade Organization
Deals with the global rules of trade between nations |
What is a capital investment of a country that underlies and makes possible economic activity.
infrastructure
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What is it called when taxes come out of your paycheck?
Personal Income Tax
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What is easy money policy
the fed lowers the reserve requirement
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What does it mean when the US sells goods and services to other countries
They are exporting goods and services
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What is the purpose of protective tariffs
to raise the price of foreign goods so people will buy American made goods
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What is the largest research parks in the world, that deals with technological developments such as IBM
Research triangle Park
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What is open market operations
sales or purchases of US treasury bonds to control the money supply.
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What is outsourcing.
helps producers with cost
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What does it mean when the US buys goods and services to other countries
they are importing goods and services
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What is the IMF, what do they do
international Monetary Fund. they monitor exchange rates and payment balances between nations
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Who is North Carolina governor
Roy Cooper
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