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121Social Security Trust Fund — The Social Security Trust Fund is the means by which the federal government of the United States accounts for excess paid in contributions from workers and employers to the Social Security system that are not required to fund current benefit… …
122Asset-backed security — In finance, an asset backed security is a type of debt security that is based on pools of assets, or collateralized by the cash flows from a specified pool of underlying assets. Assets are pooled to make otherwise minor and uneconomical… …
123Social Security debate (United States) — This article concerns proposals to change the Social Security system in the United States. Social Security is a social insurance program officially called Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), in reference to its three components …
124Laura Richardson — Infobox Congressman name=Laura Richardson date of birth=Birth date and age|1962|4|14|mf=y place of birth=Los Angeles, California state=California district=37th term start=September 4 2007 preceded=Juanita Millender McDonald succeeded=Incumbent… …
125Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — Fannie Mae headquarters at 3900 Wisconsin Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refers to the placing into conservatorship of government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the U.S.… …
126bank — bank1 /bangk/, n. 1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geog. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. 4. a broad elevation of the sea… …
127Credit rating agency — Corporate finance …
128Credit risk — Categories of financial risk Credit risk Concentration risk Market risk Interest rate risk Currency risk Equity risk Commodity risk Liquidity risk Refinancing risk …
