Markets & Monetary Policy
Interest rate hikes are expected in this month.
What is March?
SPEX’s yearly publication featuring students’ research on a given topic.
What is the SPEX Journal?
This country won the most medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
What is Norway?
This major media company said it will pursue longer video content, despite pushback from users.
What is TikTok?
Over the weekend, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced this new policy to combat homelessness and crime.
What is barring the homeless from sheltering subways?
Inflation saw this percent increase year over year in 2021.
What is 7.3%?
Our most attended event last semester focused on the state of U.S.-China relations with this professor.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Who is Professor Foudy?
Kamiela Valieva, a 15-year old from the Russian Olympic Committee, was involved in a doping scandal and finished fourth in this Olympic sport.
What is figure skating?
Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta’s employees will henceforth be this name rather than “Facebookers”.
What is “Metamates”?
Australia is demanding this country apologize after they used a laser to “recklessly illuminate” an Australian jet in international waters, further diminishing the relationship between these two countries.
What is China?
This form of raising capital is for entrepreneurs seeking to start a new cryptocurrency.
What is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)?
Last year, this started out as #MeetSPEX, where we would feature members on our socials. That is until it got a rebrand this year.
What is #SPEXandtheCity?
This province (along with Yanqing and Zhangjiakou) is one of the three 2022 Olympic competition zones.
Where is Beijing?
This company raised $7.5M from Coinbase and Alameda Research to create the “web3 super app” of Africa.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What is Jambo?
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether the Biden administration can end this Trump-era immigration program that forces asylum seekers arriving at the southwestern border to await approval in Mexico.
What is “Remain in Mexico”?
This index tracks the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
What is the Nikkei?
This SPEX's Instagram handle.
What is @spexnyu?
This Olympics Athlete became the first freeski athlete to win three medals in a single Olympics.
Who is Eileen Gu?
This company’s new AI technology consistently beat humans in the racing video game Gran Turismo.
What is Sony?
This country announced during the weekend that they had made significant headway on a safe nuclear energy plan with their allies and the U.S.
What is Iran?
This Chinese real estate developer is the most recent company to admit probable chances of default on their bonds.
What is Zhenro?
This professor will be a guest speaker in SPEX to discuss his new book, The Happiness Hypothesis, next week.
Who is Jonathan Haidt?
These American brands faced criticism from Congress for sticking by their Olympic sponsorships amidst criticism for China’s human rights abuses. (Name one)
What is Coca-Cola, Visa, Procter + Gamble, and Airbnb?
This legacy car company teased released an EV, showing how the industry is changing rapidly.
What is DeLorean?
Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested this policy to increase pressure on Ukraine and further threaten its sovereignty.
What is “Recognizing Independence of Separatist States” in Ukraine?