EC250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Savings Account, Demand Curve, Main Source

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T-bills: primary and secondary markets, primary market: a financial market in which stocks, bonds and other securities are sold for the first time, e(cid:454). Ipo"s: secondary market: a financial market in which investors buy and sell already existing securities, financial intermediary: a firm, such as a commercial bank, that borrows funds from savers and lends them to borrowers, ex. Investment banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds and insurance companies: pools the funds of many small savers and lends the funds to many individual borrowers. Intermediaries earn a profit by paying savers less for the use of their funds than they charge borrowers: main source of loans to households and small businesses; only large firms can borrow directly by issuing bonds. Stocks, bonds and stock market indexes: performance of stick market is measured using stock market indexes: weighted averages of stock prices, ex.

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