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Money and Capital Markets: Financial Institutions and Instruments in a Global Marketplace, 8/e
Peter Rose, Texas A & M University
Functions and Roles of the Financial System in the Global Economy

Standard & Poor's Questions

Chapter 1 in Money and Capital Markets: Functions and Roles of the Financial System in the Global Economy

Question 1


This opening chapter of Money and Capital Markets stresses the great importance of savings and investment in shaping our standard of living, in creating new jobs, and in promoting economic growth. Which businesses on the S&P Market Insight list of companies are leading savers and investors in their respective fields? How can you tell?

Question 2


Bank of America Corp (BAC) is one of the largest and most widely recognized commercial banking firms in the world. Examine carefully the financial statements of BAC as contained in Market Insight, Educational Version. What items on this huge bank holding company’s financial statements reflect savings activity and which reflect investment activity? Which activity is greater in size?
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