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BANK LIABILITIES: What a bank owes, including most notably customer deposits. Bank liabilities are typically listed on the right-hand side of a bank's balance sheet. Bank assets, what a bank owns, are listed on the left-hand side of a bank's balance sheet. Net worth is the difference between assets and liabilities. The most important liability category of most bank is checkable deposits, which is part of the economy's M1 money supply. The largest liability category includes other types of deposits (especially savings deposits, certificates of deposit, and money market deposits) that enter into the M2 and M3 monetary aggregates.
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SCARCITY A pervasive condition of human existence that results because society has unlimited wants and needs, but limited resources used for their satisfaction. This fundamental condition is the common thread that binds all of the topics studied in economics.
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The first U.S. fire insurance company was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1752 in Philadelphia.
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"I love the man who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. " -- Thomas Paine, statesman
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SWIFT
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
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