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