Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each GFC concept to its meaning.
- Subprime mortgage
- MBS
- Quantitative easing
- Dodd-Frank
- Central bank buying bonds to inject liquidity
- Post-crisis regulation tightening bank rules
- Loan to a borrower with poor credit
- Mortgage-backed security, bundled loans sold as bonds
Hints
- Separate the cause vocabulary from the response vocabulary.
- One term names buying assets to inject liquidity.
Show the answer
- Subprime mortgage → Loan to a borrower with poor credit
- MBS → Mortgage-backed security, bundled loans sold as bonds
- Quantitative easing → Central bank buying bonds to inject liquidity
- Dodd-Frank → Post-crisis regulation tightening bank rules
Why
The cause vocabulary (subprime, MBS) and the response vocabulary (QE, Dodd-Frank).
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