Chapters 11 & 13: Financial Markets

Type of bond that would be used to help finance projects for a city or state

The unemployment rate is the

Full Employment is generally considered around what percent of unemployment?

The country's largest and most powerful exchange

Which is not a component of a bond?

Stocks are generally riskier and have a lower rate of return

A person who links buyers and sellers of stock

The current national poverty threshold is

The term used to describe the ability to transfer your investment into cash without penalty

Type of stock in which investors have voting rights

When jobs exist but workers do not have the required skills/training is called _____________ unemployment

The labor force excludes all the following except

Temporary unemployment experienced by people changing jobs is called _____________ unemployment

The use of income today in a way that allows for a future benefit

A steady rise in the stock market over a period of time is called

The strategy of spreading out investments to reduce your risk

The minimum age to be included in the labor force is

Unemployment caused by a decrease in economic activity is called _____________ unemployment

Usually paid four times per year, it is one of the 2 ways to make money from stock

A steady decline in the stock market over a period of time

An individual portion of stock

Which of the following is generally not a factor in regards to poverty level?

The two factors that determine how a financial asset is sold are time and __________

Unemployment linked to seasonal work is called _____________ unemployment

A pool of money that is managed by an investment company that gathers money from individual investors