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Pertaining to the system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community.
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financial intermediary
Economy; Economics
A middleman. An individual or institution that brings together investors (the source of funds) and users of funds (such as borrowers). May be increasingly at risk of ...
financial instrument
Economy; Economics
Certificate of ownership of a financial asset, such as a bond or a share.
financial center
Economy; Economics
A place in which an above-average amount of financial business takes place. The big ones are New York, London, Tokyo and Frankfurt. Small ones such as Dublin, Bermuda, Luxembourg ...
federal reserve system
Economy; Economics
America's central bank. Set up in 1913, and popularly known as the Fed, the system divides the United States into 12 Federal Reserve districts, each with its own regional Federal ...
fair trade
Economy; Economics
Many politicians and NGOs argue that free trade is not enough; it should also be fair. On the face of it, fairness is self-evidently a good thing. However, fairness, in trade as ...
factory prices
Economy; Economics
The prices charged by producers to wholesalers and retailers. Because these prices are eventually passed on to the end customer, changes in factory prices, also known as producer ...
factors of production
Economy; Economics
The scarce resources that are useful not so much for direct and immediate satisfaction of human wants as for producing other goods or services. Economists often find it useful for ...
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