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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Economic Quiz
Financial Markets
1. Since the peak of the NASDAQ index in March 2000, how much has it fallen (as of 6/7/02)?
23 percent
32 percent
57 percent
70 percent
2. What is the current price-to-earnings ratio (using current earnings) of the Standard and Poor's 500 index?
19.0
26.0
42.0
51.0
3. Over the last five years, which country's stock market has had the highest return?
Japan's Nikkei 225
Germany's DAX
United States' Wilshire 5000
United Kingdom's FTSE 100
4. Which two economic sectors had the biggest decline in operating income from 2000 to 2001?
Information technology and telecommunications
Information technology and materials
Materials and consumer cyclicals
Telecommunications and financials
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Economic quiz written by: Matt Rutledge - June 10, 2002
Views expressed in the economic quiz are those of the individual author.