The five questions from Tuesday, April 14, 2026, with their answers. This puzzle is
no longer playable; today's game is on the home page, and
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1 What specific economic term describes the total amount of money that a government owes to its creditors and is often measured as a percentage of the national gross domestic product?
Answer: DEBT(4 letters)
Money borrowed that must be repaid, normally with interest, under terms agreed in advance.
2 Which major American bank agreed to acquire the majority of the assets of the failed First Republic Bank in May 2023 following a competitive bidding process overseen by the federal regulators?
Answer: JPMORGAN(8 letters)
3 Which British semiconductor designer backed by SoftBank saw its market capitalization surge toward 150 billion dollars in 2024 as its power efficient architecture became a standard for mobile and artificial intelligence chips?
Answer: ARM(3 letters)
4 What specific technical term describes the lowest point of a business cycle characterized by the end of a period of economic decline and the beginning of a new expansion phase?
Answer: TROUGH(6 letters)
The low point of a business cycle, where contraction ends and recovery begins.
5 What specific financial instrument is a type of derivative that gives the holder the right but not the obligation to buy an underlying asset at a specified price within a certain time frame?