Finance Flashcards
public finance
tax systems, government expenditures, budget procedures, stabilization instruments, debt issues and other government concerns
corporate finance
managing assets and debt for a business
real estate finance
provides the flow of money and credit needed to complete transactions for the purchase and/or development of real property
mortgage lending activity
loan originations as well as purchases and sales of loans through the secondary mortgage market
cycles
periodic, irregular, up and down movements in economic activity
short term fluctuations
occur within a year
NBER
National Bureau of Economic Research
modest inflation rate
between 2%-4%
3 major financial markets in the world
NY, London, Tokyo
capital market
long term or intermediate term securities are traded
heterogeneous
each property has unique features
bond
debt instrument
fiscal policy
the gov’t policy on taxes and gov’t spending and affects demand
monetary policy
influences the cost and availability of credit to promote economic growth
expenditure approach
focuses on total expenditures on goods and services produced in the period
income approach
focuses on the payments to the factors of production involved in those production activities in a period
FOMC
federal open market committee - sets nations monetary policy
aggregate demand
total spending
GDP
gross domestic product
quantitative easing
the purchase of varying financial assets from commercial banks
functions of federal reserve system
- acts as the banker for the us treasury
- supervises and regulates banking institutions and certain consumer protection laws
- acts as lender of last resort to nations bank
- determines monetary policy
federal reserve funds
overnight loans banks use to meet the reserve requirements at the end of each day
mint
manufacture, distribute, and circulate precious metal and collectible coins and national medals
OCC
office of the comptroller of the currency
FinCEN
financial crimes enforcement network
FDIC
federal deposit insurance company
FHFA
federal housing finance agency
GSE
government sponsored enterprise
housing GSE’s
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and federal home loan bank system
who regulates the GSE’s
FHFA
Fannie Mae
formed to the secondary market for FHA loans after the great depression
Freddie Mac
links main st to wall st by purchasing, securitizing and investing in home mortgages
2 anti trust laws
federal trade commission act and the clayton act
USDA guaranteed loan
gov’t insured 100% purchase loan for properties in rural areas
CFPB
Consumer financial protection bureau