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ANTITRUST: The generally process of preventing monopoly practices or breaking up monopolies that restrict competition. The term antitrust derives from the common use of the trust organizational structure in the late 1800s and early 1900s to monopolize markets. The most noted example of the use of a monopoly trust was the Standard Oil Trust, controlled by J. D. Rockefeller and dismantled through the Sherman Act in 1911. The creation of similar monopoly trusts led to the several antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act.

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Lesson 18: Banking | Unit 5: The Economy Page: 22 of 24

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Banks have two beneficial roles in the economy.

First: As financial intermediaries, banks match up savers and borrowers.

  • They are an effective means of diverting household income into investment expenditures for capital goods.
  • They are a vital link between the real and financial sides of the economy.

Second: As depository institutions, banks supervise a share of the nation's M1 money supply.

  • They have a big responsibility because money is critical to a complex, market-oriented economy.

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BUSINESS CYCLES

The recurring, but irregular, expansions and contractions of economic activity in the macroeconomy. While business cycles are frequently measured by real gross domestic product, they show up in many aggregate measures of economic activity, including the unemployment rate, the inflation rate, consumption expenditures, and tax collections, to name just a few. The study of macroeconomics is largely the study of business cycles. Macroeconomic theories seek to understand business cycles and macroeconomic policies seek to correct the problems of business cycles.

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