Share Vocabulary - Finance and economic crises
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Name two verbs that mean 'decrease'.
drop / fall / go down
When a company doesn't have enough money to pay what it owes, it goes ________.
bankrupt
A quick increase in business activity.
boom
Name one verb that means 'go up'.
rise
Complete this sentence:
recover
When borrowing becomes difficult because banks reduce lending and put interest rates up.
credit crunch
Money you put into a company to get a profit.
investment
The place where stocks and shares are bought and sold.
stock market
A phrasal verb meaning 'help (someone) out of trouble'.
bail (someone) out
A loan you get from a bank to buy something like a house.
mortgage
Complete this sentence:
lend
Name one verb that means 'get better'.
improve
All the money you put in the bank.
savings
A prolonged period of time when there is very little economic activity and many people are poor or unemployed is called an economic ________.
depression
