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BRAND RECOGNITION: The awareness on the part of the consumer that a brand exists and is an option to purchase. Companies work hard and spend considerable resources in an effort to facilitate brand recognition. By doing so, a company hopes to increase market share and develop brand loyalty. Scarcity Stan's Ye Olde Bakery Shoppe and Confectionery Palace spent a lot of time and money developing its brand name in Shady Valley.

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Lesson 18: Banking | Unit 1: What It Is Page: 3 of 24

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  • The primary financial intermediary task of banks is to match up borrowers and savers.
  • Two main functions of banks: Maintaining deposits for costumers and offering loans to credit-worthy customers.
  • That banks perform a 'financial' intermediary function, that is, divert household income away from consumption expenditures and to investment.
  • The importance of banks maintaining checking accounts, which are about 60% of the money supply.

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IMPLICIT COLLUSION

Seemingly independent, but parallel, actions among competing firms (mostly oligopolistic firms) in an industry designed to control the market, raise the price, and otherwise act like a monopoly. Also termed tacit collusion, the distinguishing feature of implicit collusion is the lack of any explicit agreement. This is one of two types of collusion. The other is explicit or overt collusion, which involves an explicit agreement.

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