Econ
Parts of GDP
C, I, G, IM, EX
How much will $100,000 grow in 30 years at a 5% annual return?
$432,194
Name of the convicted felon who was once the largest landlord in Berkeley aside from the University of California
Lakireddy Bali Reddy
The three credit reporting agencies
Transunion, Experian, Equifax
The year BRB was founded
2018
Marginal Propensity to Consume Formula
Change in consumption/change in disposable income
The difference between Bull and Bear Market
A bull market is a market that is on the rise and where the conditions of the economy are generally favorable. A bear market exists in an economy that is receding and where most stocks are declining in value.
The name of the magazine turned popular Youtube channel that has since lost support over treatment of their POC employees
Bon Appétit
The current interest rate for federal undergraduate student loans
2.75%
The founding brothers of BRB
Aaron and Darren Chow
Type of policy that uses interest rates to control the economy
Monetary policy
Name 3 stock exchanges from different countries
(any 3) Nasdaq, Euronext, New York/London/Hong Kong/Tokyo/Bombay Stock Exchange, etc.
Name of the local Berkeley restaurant featured in the BRB article “The Best Falafel in Town”
Sunrise Deli
The average annual inflation rate for college tuition nationally
8%
The most recently published BRB article
Investing in the Startup Nation by Sean Toobi
The largest contributor in the energy sector to greenhouse gas emissions (2016)
Heat and electricity
The Sharpe Ratio measures…
The return a mutual fund manager produced relative to the risk he or she took to earn that return
The three Amtrak service subgroups listed on Amtrak's financial statements
Northeast Corridor, State-Supported, and Long Distance routes
When investing in an employer’s retirements savings account like a 401(K), expect your contributions to be taxed _
Either before investing them or when you withdraw during retirement
The spelling of the BRB faculty advisor's last name
P a t a t o u k a s
MRS for u(x1,x2) = (x1)^3 * (x2)
[3(x2)]/[x1]
Largest ever software IPO (recent)
Snowflake (SNOW)
The difference in median pay between a tenured professor and a lecturer at Berkeley as seen in the article "A Discussion of Lecturers"
$66,000
Median pay for lecturers is around $35,000 and $101,000 for tenured professors
This type of investment would best protect the purchasing power of a family’s savings if there was a sudden increase in inflation
House financed with a fixed rate mortgage
The oldest BRB article on the current website
Why Study Abroad by Darren Chow