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WHEALER-LEA ACT: This was a major amendment to the Federal Trade Commission Act, passed in 1938, that gave powers to the Federal Trade Commission to investigate unfair and deceptive business practices and to prevent false advertising. The Whealer-Lea Act was a major step in moving the Federal Trade Commission into its current role as more of a consumer protection agency than a monopoly buster.
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Lesson 19: Money Creation | Unit 3: Modern Banking
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Yet Another Bank
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- A purchase is made with a check written on Bob's State Bank, which is deposited in Charley's Credit Union.
- Charley's Credit Union adds $81 worth of liabilities to the store's account.
- This liability is balanced with reserves transferred from Bob's Bank.
- Bob's Bank losses $81 and Charley's Credit Union gains $81 of reserves.
- Bob's Bank ends up with $9 of reserves and an $81 loan.
- Charley's Credit Union has $81 in reserves. It keeps 10% ($8.10), giving it $71.90 of excess reserves.
- Charley's Credit Union makes a $71.90 loan to a customer.
- This creates $71.90 of money. The three banks have created $242.90 worth of money.
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DATA Observations or measurements that quantify or otherwise identify some aspect of the real world. Data are used to track economic performance, quantify economic characteristics, and test economic hypotheses. Data collection is often the most challenging part of undertaking an empirical analysis.
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BROWN PRAGMATOX
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the shopping mall trying to buy either a how-to book on fine dining or a coffee cup commemorating the first day of winter. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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General Electric is the only stock from the original 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining in the current index.
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