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1. What is the typical relationship among interest rates on three-
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month Treasury bills, long-term Treasury bonds, and Baa corporate bonds?
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The interest rate on three-
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month Treasury bills fluctuates more than the other interest rates and is lower on avera
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ge. The interest rate on Baa corporate bonds is higher on average than the other intere
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st rates.
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2. What effect does high volatility of financial markets have on people's willingness to s
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pend?
The high volatility of financial markets decreases people's willingness to spend, prima
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rily because it directly affects their wealth, and also because high volatility indicates th
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at there are considerable fluctuations in the prices of securities over a short time span. I
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t increases insecurities about the future of an economy. Refer to Figure 2 to see the extr
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emely volatile nature of stock prices between 1950 and 2020.
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3. Explain the main difference between a bond and a common stock.
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A bond is a debt instrument, which entitles the owner to receive periodic amounts of mo
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ney (predetermined by the characteristics of the bond) until its maturity date. A commo
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n stock, however, represents a share of ownership in the institution that has issued the st
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ock. In addition to its definition, it is not the same to hold bonds or stock of a given corp
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oration, since regulations state that stockholders are residual claimants (i.e., the corporat
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ion has to pay all bondholders before paying stockholders).
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4. What is the main role of a financial intermediary? Name two financial in
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termediaries.
A financial intermediary is a firm or institution that channels savings into investments
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that is, it borrows funds from individuals who have saved and provides loans to those w
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ho need funds. Banks and mutual funds are two examples of such intermediaries.
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5. What was the main cause of the global recession in 2020?
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The recession in 2020, sometimes referred to as the COVID-
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19 Recession, was mainly caused by the global pandemic caused by the infectious cor
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onavirus disease (Covid- dt dt



19). In March 2020, the stock market fell by 25% in a single month.
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, According to the World Bank’s June 2020 Global Economic Prospects, the volatility in dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



duced by the coronavirus pandemic, lockdowns, and other preventive measures taken
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by global economies to contain it have led to a severe contraction in the global economy
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6. Can you think of a reason why people in general do not lend money to one another to bu
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y a house or a car? How would your answer explain the existence of banks?
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In general, people do not lend large amounts of money to one another because of several info
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rmation problems. In particular, people do not know about the capacity of other people of r
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epaying their debts, or the effort they will provide to repay their debts.
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Financial intermediaries, in particular commercial banks, tend to solve these problems by
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acquiring information about potential borrowers and writing and enforcing contracts that e
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ncourage lenders to repay their debt and/or maintain the value of the collateral.
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7. Why are banks important to the financial system?
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Banks are one of the major financial intermediaries. They channel savings from private
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institutions or the general public to other institutions or people who need a loan. Well- dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



functioning banks are very important for the savings-to- dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



loans cycle and for the housing market.
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8. Can you date the latest financial crisis in the United States or in Europe? Are there re
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asons to think that these crises might have been related? Why?
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The latest financial crisis in the United States and Europe occurred in 2007–
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2009. At the beginning, it hit mostly the U.S. financial system, but it then quickly mov
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ed to Europe, since financial markets are highly interconnected. One specific way in wh
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ich these markets were related is that some financial intermediaries in Europe held sec
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urities backed by mortgages originated in the United States, and when these securities l
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ost their a considerable part of their value, the balance sheet of European financial inte
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9. Has the inflation rate in the United States increased or decreased in the past few ye
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ars? What about interest rates?
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Since 2015, inflation has been around 2%, with some brief dips in 2015 and 2020. In 201
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5, the interest rate on three-
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month Treasury bills was near zero, and it then rose to just over 2% in 2019, only to fall
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back near to zero in 2020.- dt dt dt dt dt




10. If history repeats itself and we see a decline in the rate of money growth, what might yo
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u expect to happen to
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The data in Figures 3, 5, and 6 suggest that real output, the inflation rate, and interest rat
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es would all fall.
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11. When interest rates decrease, how might businesses and consumers change their e
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conomic behavior? dt

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nding is now lower, and consumers would be more likely to purchase a house or a car be
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cause the cost of financing their purchase is lower.
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12. Is everybody worse off when interest rates rise?
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No. It is true that people who borrow to purchase a house or a car are worse off because
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it costs them more to finance their purchase; however, savers benefit because they can ea
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rn higher interest rates on their savings.
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13. What is the main role of a central bank? Why are central banks, like the European C
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entral Bank (ECB), important to financial analysts?
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Central banks oversee the monetary policy for a specific country or a group of nations (a
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s in the case of the ECB). This is done by setting a base interest rate or by forward guida
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nce, which impacts the financial and real economy. Since money affects many economi
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c variables that are important to the health of an economy, financial analysts (including
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politicians and policymakers) take an interest in the conduct of monetary policy, as well
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as in the management of money and interest rates.
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14. Germany is one of the few countries that has maintained a budget surplus in the last fiv
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e years, and according to Reuters, the federal government made a record surplus of €
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13.5 billion in 2019. How does a budget surplus arise?
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A budget surplus results from tax revenues exceeding government expenditure, which le
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ads to lower government debt burdens.
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15. How would a fall in the value of the pound sterling affect British consumers?
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It makes foreign goods more expensive, so British consumers will buy fewer foreign go
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ods and more domestic goods.
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16. How would an increase in the value of the pound sterling affect American b
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usinesses?
It makes British goods more expensive relative to American goods. Thus, American b
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usinesses will find it easier to sell their goods in the United States and abroad, and the
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demand for their products will rise.
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17. How can changes in foreign exchange rates affect the profitability of financial in
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stitutions?
Changes in foreign exchange rates change the value of assets held by financial instituti
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ons and thus lead to gains and losses on these assets. Also changes in foreign exchange rat
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es affect the profits made by traders in foreign exchange who work for financial institut
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ions.

18. According to Figure 8, in which years would you have chosen to visit the Grand Cadt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



nyon in Arizona rather than the Tower of London?
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late 1970s, the late 1980s to early 1990s, and 2008 to 2015, the value of the dollar was lo
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w, making travel abroad relatively more expensive; thus, it was a good time to vacation in t
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he United States and see the Grand Canyon. With the rise in the dollar’s value in the earl
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y 1980s, late 1990s, and after 2015, travel abroad became
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