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Economics Terms

  1. Federal Discount Rate

  2. Federal Employee Retirement System - FERS

  3. Federal Farm Credit System - FFCS

  4. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council - FFIEC

  5. Federal Funds

  6. Federal Funds Rate

  7. Federal Housing Finance Agency - FHFA

  8. Federal Income Tax

  9. Federal Land Bank - FLB

  10. Federal Open Market Committee - FOMC

  11. Federal Open Market Committee Meeting - FOMC Meeting

  12. Federal Poverty Level - FPL

  13. Federal Reserve Bank

  14. Federal Reserve Bank Of Atlanta

  15. Federal Reserve Bank Of Boston

  16. Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago

  17. Federal Reserve Bank Of Cleveland

  18. Federal Reserve Bank Of Dallas

  19. Federal Reserve Bank Of Kansas City

  20. Federal Reserve Bank Of Minneapolis

  21. Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

  22. Federal Reserve Bank Of Philadelphia

  23. Federal Reserve Bank Of Richmond

  24. Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco

  25. Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis

  26. Federal Reserve Board - FRB

  27. Federal Reserve Communications System For The Eighties - FRCS-80

  28. Federal Reserve Credit

  29. Federal Reserve Float

  30. Federal Reserve Note

  31. Federal Reserve Regulations

  32. Federal Reserve System - FRS

  33. Federal Savings and Loan

  34. Federal Tax Brackets

  35. Federal Trade Commission - FTC

  36. Federal Trade Readjustment Allowance

  37. Federal Unemployment Tax Act - FUTA

  38. Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program

  39. Fedwire

  40. Feed-In Tariff

  41. Feedback-Rule Policy

  42. Fiat Money

  43. Filing Extension

  44. Filing Status

  45. Financial Accelerator

  46. Financial Accounting Foundation - FAF

  47. Financial Accounting Standards Board - FASB

  48. Financial Crisis

  49. Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee

  50. Financial Economics

  51. Financial Holding Company (FHC)

  52. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - FINRA

  53. Financial Institutions and Prudential Policy Unit - FIPP

  54. Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery And Enforcement Act - FIRREA

  55. Financial Modeling

  56. Financial Obligation Ratio - FOR

  57. Financial Operating Plan - FOP

  58. Financial Repression

  59. Financial Services Authority - FSA

  60. Financial Stability Oversight Council

  61. Financial System

  62. Financing Squeeze

  63. Finmins

  64. Firm

  65. First Mover

  66. First World

  67. First-Year Allowance

  68. Fiscal Agent

  69. Fiscal Capacity

  70. Fiscal Cliff

  71. Fiscal Deficit

  72. Fiscal Drag

  73. Fiscal Effort

  74. Fiscal Imbalance

  75. Fiscal Localism

  76. Fiscal Multiplier

  77. Fiscal Neutrality

  78. Fiscal Policy

  79. Fisher Effect

  80. Fitch Ratings

  81. Five Hundred Dollar Rule

  82. Fixed Cost

  83. Fixed Exchange Rate

  84. Fixed Interest Rate

  85. Fixed-Rule Policy

  86. Fixing

  87. Flash Crash

  88. Flash Services PMI

  89. Flat Tax

  90. Floating Interest Rate

  91. Floor

  92. Floor Trader - FT

  93. Flow Of Funds - FOF

  94. Food And Agriculture Organization - FAO

  95. Food And Drug Administration - FDA

  96. Fool In The Shower

  97. Force Majeure

  98. Forecasting

  99. Foreclosure Crisis

  100. Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act - FBSEA

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    The notion that changes or policies designed to alter the course of the economy should be done slowly, rather than all at once.

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    An SEC designation for traders who trade the same security four or more times per day (buys and sells) over a five-day period, and for whom same-day trades make up at least 6% of their activity for that period.

  3. Cost-Push Inflation

    A phenomenon in which the general price levels rise (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials.

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    The formal academic study of the relationship between individual satisfaction and economic issues, such as employment and wealth.

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    A social condition arising from the desire to be more wealthy, successful or to "keep up with the Joneses." Affluenza is symptomatic of a culture that holds up financial success as one of the highest achievements.

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    The term Icarus factor describes a situation where managers or executives initiate an overly ambitious project which then fails. Fueled by excitement for the project, the executives are unable to reign in their misguided enthusiasm before it is too late to avoid the failure.
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