What factors led to the mortgage default crisis? How did mortgage defaults affect banks involved in mortgage lending and mortgage investing? Securitization? TARP? What do these mean?

How did mortgage-backed securities spread losses during the mortgage default crisis? How does TARP illustrate the problem of moral hazard? What did the Federal Reserve do during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009? How did the recent financial crisis affect the financial services industry? What are some of the major provisions of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?

If you write a check on a bank to purchase a used Honda Civic, you are using money primarily as

 The amount of money reported as M2

 Answer the question on the basis of the following list of assets:

 Assume Company X deposits $100,000 in cash in Commercial Bank A. If no excess reserves exist at the time this deposit is made and the

reserve ratio is 20 percent, Bank A, by itself, can initially increase the money supply by a maximum of

 A bank temporarily short of required reserves may be able to remedy this situation by

 Which of the following is correct?

 The asset demand for money

 If the quantity of money demanded exceeds the quantity supplied

 Which of the following is not a tool of monetary policy?

 In the latter end of 2001 the Fed cut the federal funds rate several times. The Fed's purpose was to

 Explain what is meant by fractional reserve banking. Relate this to money creation and risk to the bank.

 Identify the four major instruments of monetary policy.