Economics

Question 1

Which Bulgarian economist is the current managing director of the International
Monetary Fund, where she succeeded Christine Lagarde in 2019?

Answer 1

Kristalina Georgieva

Question 2

Which six-letter word used in economics to denote the amount of a good that is
available within a market is often heard along with its opposite, ‘demand’?

Answer 2

Supply

Question 3

Which four-letter word for a period of the business cycle that sees high
employment and economic expansion is often heard along with its opposite,
‘bust’?

Answer 3

Boom

Question 4

The British former derivatives broker Nick Leeson, whose fraudulent speculative
trades caused the collapse of Barings Bank, was convicted of financial crime and
served over four years in prison in which Asian country?

Answer 4

Singapore