Chapter 18/19
Across
- 3. represents the balance of payments for a country
- 6. an increase in the value of an asset over time
- 8. the value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another.
- 13. an account at a bank or building society from which money may be withdrawn without notice, typically an active account catering for frequent deposits and withdrawals by cheque.
- 16. a company controlled by a holding company.
- 19. legal rights that provide creators protection for original works, inventions, or the appearance of products, artistic works, scientific developments
- 25. countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development.
- 26. market the market for foreign exchange, the Eurocurrency and related money markets, the international capital markets, notably the Eurobond and global equity markets, the commodity market and last but not least, the markets for forward contracts, options, swaps and other derivatives.
- 28. economic term describing capital flowing out of (or leaving) a particular economy
- 29. a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.
- 30. an aphorism which asserts that 80% of outcomes (or outputs) result from 20% of all causes (or inputs) for any given event. In business, a goal of the 80-20 rule is to identify inputs that are potentially the most productive and make them the priority
- 31. a component of a country's balance of payments that covers claims on or liabilities to nonresidents concerning financial assets
- 32. economies with a gross national income (GNI) per capita between $1,036 and $12,535
- 33. a wage that is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living.
- 34. any kind of reserve funds, which central banks can pass among themselves, internationally.
- 35. the difference between demand and supply in na-tional accounts.
- 36. the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
- 37. a measure of the decrease in the market value of an asset over time from influential economic factors
- 38. an enterprise that is involved with the international production of goods or services, foreign investments, or income and asset management in more than one country. It sets up factories in developing countries as land and labor are cheaper there.
Down
- 1. a regime applied by a government or central bank that ties the country's official currency exchange rate to another country's currency
- 2. an international corporation whose business activities are spread among at least two countries
- 3. measures the sales strength of a particular category of product, within a specific market
- 4. a capital account measures the capital expenditures and overall income of a country.
- 5. ownership of a stock, bond, or other financial asset with the expectation that it will earn a return or grow in value over time
- 7. a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.
- 9. a floating exchange rate where a country's central bank occasionally intervenes to change the direction or the pace of change of a country's currency value
- 10. obtain (goods or a service) by contract from an outside supplier.
- 11. the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across national borders and cultures
- 12. designed to acquire a controlling interest in an enterprise
- 14. the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and objectives.
- 15. regime where the currency price of a nation is set by the forex market based on supply
- 17. the proceeds of exports reported by banks through monthly International Transactions Reporting System
- 18. the reduction in the official value of a currency in relation to other currencies.
- 20. coefficient measures the degree of similarity between two rankings, and can be used to assess the significance of the relation between them.
- 21. an accounting of a country's international transactions for a particular time period
- 22. substantial investments made by a company into a foreign concern.
- 23. an international organization dedicated to providing financing, advice, and research to developing nations to aid their economic
- 24. the importer makes the payment for the items to be imported in advance prior to the shipment of goods
- 27. the amount of capital coming into a country