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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: A regional multilateral development institution engaged in promoting the economic development and social progress of its member countries in Africa. The Bank, established in 1964, started functioning in 1966 with its Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d' lvoire. The Bank borrows funds from the international money and capital markets. Its shareholders are the 53 countries in Africa as well as 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 4: Monetary Policy
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Open Market Operations
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Open market operations are the most important tool of monetary policy.- The Federal government budget deficit is financed by issuing or selling U.S. Treasury Securities, which are traded through the open market.
- Banks, corporations, government agencies, pension funds and regular people are the buyers and sellers in this 'open market' for Treasury Securities.
- Treasury Securities are low risk investments.
Two major players in the open market: - Commercial Banks: They use secure investments to ensure bank stability.
- Federal Reserve: They buy and sell treasury securities with the expressed goal of manipulating bank reserves and the money supply.
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AVERAGE VARIABLE COST CURVE A curve that graphically represents the relation between average variable cost incurred by a firm in the short-run product of a good or service and the quantity produced. This curve is constructed to capture the relation between average variable cost and the level of output, holding other variables, like technology and resource prices, constant. The average variable cost curve is one of three average curves. The other two are average total cost curve and average fixed cost curve. A related curve is the marginal cost curve.
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