Topic 5

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Across
  1. 2. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
  2. 7. radio broadcasts made by president Franklin D. Roosevelt to Americans
  3. 10. a method of boycotting work by sitting down at work and refusing to leave the establishment
  4. 13. closing of banks during the great depression to avoid bank runs
  5. 16. the act of changing the political balance of power in a nation’s judiciary system whereby a national leader, such as the president, appoints judges who will rule in favor of their policies or groups
  6. 20. something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid
  7. 21. an index or tool that measures the performance of the strokes of 30 large companies
  8. 22. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
  9. 24. persistent and heavy demands by a bank’s depositors, creditors, or customers to withdrawal money
  10. 25. act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise
Down
  1. 1. role of the government to work out conflicts among competing interest groups
  2. 3. to cover financial losses
  3. 4. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
  4. 5. an agent who negotiates an exchange between a buyer and a seller
  5. 6. something that provides security against misfortune; specifically government relief programs intended to protect against economic disaster
  6. 8. government practice of spending borrowed money rather than rising taxes to boost the economy
  7. 9. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
  8. 11. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
  9. 12. a demand by a broker that investors pay back loans for stocks purchased on margin
  10. 14. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
  11. 15. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
  12. 17. negotiations between employers and unions of workers over wages and other matters
  13. 18. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
  14. 19. a fixed sum regularly paid to a person following retirement from work
  15. 23. a long period of rising stock prices