Global Markets
This acronym stands for the organization that created the S&P 500 index.
What is Standard & Poor's?
This term refers to the total value of goods and services produced within a country during a specific period.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
This institution serves as the central bank of the United States.
What is the Federal Reserve (The Fed)?
This year marked the beginning of the global financial crisis that shook economies worldwide.
What is 2008?
As of March 2025, this major central bank recently signaled its intention to pause interest rate hikes after signs of slowing inflation.
What is the Federal Reserve?
This country is home to the FTSE 100 stock index.
What is the United Kingdom?
This term describes a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services, often measured by CPI.
What is inflation?
This acronym refers to the central bank overseeing monetary policy for countries in the Eurozone.
What is the European Central Bank (ECB)?
This country experienced hyperinflation in the early 1920s due to war reparations after World War I.
What is Germany (Weimar Republic)?
Due to ongoing geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, this commodity has seen significant price increases over recent months.
What is oil?
These two metals are commonly referred to as "safe-haven assets."
What are gold and silver?
This rate measures the percentage of the working-age population that is either employed or actively seeking work.
What is the labor force participation rate?
This term refers to a monetary policy where central banks buy securities to inject liquidity into the economy.
What is quantitative easing (QE)?
George Soros made his famous trade against this currency in 1992, earning billions in profits.
What is the British Pound?
In February 2025, this major tech company announced a new AI-driven investment platform aimed at institutional investors.
What is Microsoft?
This stock exchange is the largest in the world by market capitalization.
What is the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)?
This inflation metric excludes food and energy prices because they are considered too volatile.
What is core inflation?
This person is the current Fed Chair.
Who is Jerome Powell?
The bursting of this bubble in the early 2000s was caused by overvaluation of internet companies and lack of profitability.
What is the dot-com bubble?
According to recent IMF forecasts, this region is expected to lead global GDP growth in 2025 due to strong recovery efforts post-pandemic.
What is Asia-Pacific?
This term describes a market condition where prices are falling, typically by 20% or more.
What is a bear market?
This economic model describes an inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation.
What is the Phillips Curve?
As of March 2025, this range represents the current U.S. federal funds rate.
What is approximately 5.25%-5.50%?
The collapse of this Asian country’s currency triggered a financial crisis in 1997 that spread across emerging markets.
What is Thailand (Thai Baht)?
In recent months, this country overtook Germany as Europe’s largest economy by nominal GDP due to a surge in exports and industrial production.
What is Poland?