#21 Money Matters

4. The ability to undertake economic transactions with people in other countries free from any restraints imposed by governments or other regulators
5. The process of gradually writing off the initial cost of an asset
8. The distribution of a company's earnings to its shareholders
10. An investment that is made with the intention of reducing the risk of adverse price movements in an asset
12. A general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy
13. A prolonged period of slow economic growth
14. A market condition where an asset's price rises rapidly, but its intrinsic value remains significantly lower

1. A lender, whether by making a loan, buying a bond or allowing money owed now to be paid in the future
2. The total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders
3. The decrease in monetary value of an asset over time due to use, wear and tear or obsolescence
6. a market structure characterised by a single seller or producer that excludes viable competition from providing the same product
7. The efficiency or ease with which an asset or security can be converted into ready cash without affecting its market price
9. A country or jurisdiction with very low "effective" rates of taxation for foreign investors
11. The tax on goods produced abroad imposed by the government of the country to which they are exported