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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION: A program established by Congress in 1933, during the worst of the Great Depression, to insure the deposits of failed banks. Abbreviated FDIC, it operates operates much like any private insurance company. It collects insurance premiums from its customers--the banks--in return for the assurance that it will stand behind, or be ready to pay off, any deposits that the banks can't.
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AUTONOMOUS NET EXPORTS Net exports by the foreign sector that do not depend on income or production (especially national income or gross domestic product). That is, changes in income do not generate changes in net exports. Autonomous net exports are best thought of as net exports that the foreign sector undertakes independent of income. They are measured by the intercept term of the net exports line. The alternative to autonomous net exports is induced net exports, which do depend on income.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a dollar discount store wanting to buy either shoe laces for your snow boots or a rim for your spare tire. Be on the lookout for empty parking spaces that appear to be near the entrance to a store.
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The word "fiscal" is derived from a Latin word meaning "moneybag."
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"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. " -- Albert Einstein
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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
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