Financial Fundamentals

2. Studies the transfer of money(any item that serves as a method of payment) between individuals, businesses, and governments
4. A type of debt security issued by a company or government to raise capital
5. Employment taxes such as Social Security
10. A strategy where an investor spreads their investments across a variety of different assets to reduce overall risk
14. Regulates business activities within own boundaries; intrastate commerce
15. Play an important role in many communities by providing with easy, fast way to borrow small amounts of money
16. Ability to convert an investment to cash for full value; includes items like demand deposits, CDs, Treasury bills, and money market funds
18. Corporation and other organizations sell items, pay expenses, and borrow to finance business operations
20. Tax based on land and buildings
23. The debts or financial obligations that a person or company owes to others

1. The cost of borrowing money
2. Regulates banks
3. Federal, state, and local agencies collect taxes and borrow money to pay for public goods and services
6. Tax where everyone pays the same amount
7. Insures bank deposits
8. Certificate or other financial instrument that has monetary value and can be traded; bonds, debt securities, stocks
9. Regulates stock markets
11. Tax based on purchases
12. Oversees the activities that involve two or more states; regulates foreign trade; regulates interstate commerce
13. A rise in the general level of prices (consumer price index)
17. _____ are consumers and households who make purchases, save, invest, and pay taxes
19. Where the tax rate increases along with the amount
21. County boards; city or town councils; services for an orderly society
22. Potential of an investment