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11DeWitt Clinton High School — Sine Labore Nihil (Without Work Nothing Is Accomplished) Location New York City (Bronx), New York …
12Investment Grade — A rating that indicates that a municipal or corporate bond has a relatively low risk of default. Bond rating firms, such as Standard Poor s, use different designations consisting of upper and lower case letters A and B to identify a bond s credit …
13corporate income fund — ( CIF) A unit investment trust featuring a fixed portfolio of high grade securities and other investments, usually with monthly distribution of income. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
14Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
15Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
16United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
17Bond credit rating — In investment, the bond credit rating assesses the credit worthiness of a corporation s or government debt issues. It is analogous to credit ratings for individuals. Contents 1 Table 2 Credit rating agencies 3 Credit rating tiers …
18market — 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 [ˈmɑːkt ǁ ˈmɑːr ] noun 1. [countable] COMMERCE the activity of… …
19Bear Stearns — Industry Investment services Fate Bought by JP Morgan Chase in September 2008 Founded 1923 Defunct …
20Late-2000s financial crisis — The TED spread (in red) increased significantly during the financial crisis, reflecting an increase in perceived credit risk …
