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  • 81Credit enhancement — Securities Securities Bond Stock Investment fund Derivative Structured finance Agency security …

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  • 82Enron — For the play, see ENRON (play). Enron Corporation Enron logo, designed by Paul Rand Former type Public company Industry Energy Fate …

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  • 83Gold as an investment — Reserves of SDR, forex and gold in 2006 …

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  • 84market — Usually refers to the equity market. The market went down today means that the value of the stock market dropped that day. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. market mar‧ket 1 [ˈmɑːkt ǁ ˈmɑːr ] noun 1. [countable] COMMERCE the activity of… …

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  • 85Cold War (1953–1962) — 1959 World map of alignments:   NATO member states …

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  • 86Commercial paper — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …

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  • 87Inflation — This article is about a rise in the general price level. For the expansion of the early universe, see Inflation (cosmology). For other uses, see Inflation (disambiguation). Inflation rates around the world in 2007 …

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  • 88Metal as money — Throughout history, various metals, some of which are considered precious today, appear to have been used as a form of currency. The Bretton Woods system, under which all major currencies were theoretically exchangeable for gold, was abolished in …

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  • 89price system — ▪ economics Introduction       a means of organizing economic activity. It does this primarily by coordinating the decisions of consumers, producers, and owners of productive resources. Millions of economic agents who have no direct communication …

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  • 90market — In both economics and sociology a market is understood to be an area over which any well defined commodity is exchanged between buyers and sellers. Such commodities are considered to be of two kinds goods and services. The total amount of a… …

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