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Investors would think that stocks are more expensive if the earnings yield is ___ rather than ___.

If you expect that the economy is going to do very well and there is not much chance of a recession in the next few years, you will believe that corporate bond spreads should ___.

According to Richmond Fed Pres. Tom Barkin, the pace of change (coming out of Washington) has resulted in ___.

___ set a goal of $50 oil.

You have a very contrarian view (different than the consensus opinion of the market). You believe that US interest rates will increase significantly in the next year (to 10%) and will be much higher than rates in the rest of the developed world. If this happens, you should expect the dollar to ___.

The Fed publication that contains anecdotal evidence about the economy from the 12 Federal Reserve districts is known as ___.

Howard Marks seems to believe that the Fed and the Treasury department are ___ at handling crises than they were 20 – 35 years ago.

In Fed Chair Powell’s FOMC press conference, Powell said that the FOMC needs to consider ___.

A ___ is more likely to use leverage.

President Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do things that the US doesn’t want them to do (such as purchasing Venezuelan oil). These tariffs are referred to as ___.