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[[Bank failures and rescues]]
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[[Deflation]]
[[Money Supply]]


[[Recession]]
[[Recession]]
[[Deflation]]


==Glossary==
==Glossary==

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Index

See the related articles subpage to the article on economics [1] for an index to topics referred to in the economics articles.

Parent articles

Economics

Financial system

Financial economics


Subtopics

Related topics

Banking

Bank failures and rescues

Deflation

Money Supply

Recession

Glossary

  • Agency cost [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Debt deflation [r]: a situation which arises when falling prices put pressure upon debtors by requiring them to repay more, in real terms, than they had borrowed, causing distress selling and further falls in prices. [e]
  • Margin account [r]: an arrangement that enables customers to buy securities with money borrowed from a broker, subject to a minimum maintenance level related to the market values of the securities. [e]
  • Margin call [r]: a demand for the additional securities required to maintain the minimum maintenance level of a margin account when security prices fall. [e]
  • Moral hazard [r]: Motivation to take an otherwise unwarranted risk because the cost of an unfavourable outcome would be borne by someone other than the risk-taker. [e]