Debt Limits - a legislative mechanism restricting the total amount that a country can borrow or how much debt it can be permitted to take on., Monetary Policy - measures employed by governments to influence economic activity, specifically by manipulating the supplies of money and credit and by altering rates of interest, Federal Reserve - the federal banking authority in the US that performs the functions of a central bank and is used to implement the country's monetary policy, providing a national system of reserve cash available to banks, Interest Rates - the proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding, Government Bonds / Securities - a bond or other promissory note issued by a country's government, promising to repay borrowed money a fixed rate of interest at a specified time, Money Supply - the total amount of money in circulation or in existence in a country, Expansion / Growth - the action of becoming larger or more extensive, Contraction / Slow - the process of becoming smaller, Inflation / Recession - a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money, Fiscal Policy  - the use of government spending and tax policies to influence economic conditions, Regulatory Actions  - any substantive action by an agency (normally published in the Federal Register) that declares or is expected to lead to the declaration of a final rule or regulation, including notices of inquiry, advance notices of proposed rulemaking, and notices of proposed rulemaking, Tax Policy  - the guidelines and principles established by a government for the imposition and collection of taxes at the federal, state and local levels., Corporate Profit - also called net income, is the amount remaining after all costs, depreciation, interest, taxes, and other expenses have been deducted from total sales, Unfair Business Practices - the use of deceptive, fraudulent, or unethical methods to gain business advantage or to cause injury to a consumer, Consumer Protections - the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. These measures are often established by law, Capital - wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing, Antitrust - relating to legislation preventing or controlling trusts or other monopolies, with the intention of promoting competition in business, Corporation(s) - a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law,

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