Across
- 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
Down
- 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