Column A Leading indicator Column B 1. Decreased _Major factor that affects the housing} real 2. Gold outperforms bonds estate market _Responsihility of Federal Reserve _Approximate drop of US stocks 2022 _Maj or developments at Fed Ex that indicate direction of US economy _Long term performance of a stock portfolio. 3. Default rates at historic lows 4. Future shipments declining 5. The same as bonds 6. Relationship of interest rates and ination 7. Investor greed likes junk bond return 8. Government reports of tax collections 9. Poor product ratings from consumers _Maj or factor that explains why junk bonds 10. US economy is doing well are seen as attractive investments in 2022 _Action taken by Saudis that helped the US deal with a difcult diplomatic issue Please see next page. FINANCIAL MARKETS 1 1. Managing Banks with Excess Reserves 12. Offered to give speeches praising Biden 13. Number of people \"flipping houses" 14. $1,000,000,000 15. Regulating foreign banks that invest in US Treasury Bonds 16. Federal Reserve wants to outperform central banks in Europe, Japan and China 17. Determining mortgage interest rates charged by banks 18. They focus on return not risk 19. The stock market 20. Outperforms bonds 21. High investor confidence 22. Fuel prices causing Fed Ex to stop using airplanes. 23. Negotiated release of prisoners in Ukraine 24. A sound portfolio can carry some risk 25. 25% 26. Municipal bonds MID TERM 127. Contributed to medical research in US 28. 15% 29. Pacic Region 30. Rated bonds provide low yield 31. Junk bonds should be highly rated 32. 33% 33. Interest rates charged by banks 34. Selection of suburban homes for sale 35. Fed Ex is poorly managed and losing market share to US Post Office 36. Number of lawsuits for unpaid salaries and wages