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Which measure taken by the Fed helped stop the panic selling spiral in March 2020?

The announcement of unlimited Quantitative Easing on 23 March 2020
The rise in interest rates
The reduction of emergency bank loans
The increase in customs tariffs

Which event caused the sharpest two-day decline in the S&P 500 since March 2020 in April 2025?

The war in Ukraine
The announcement of universal tariffs on 2 April 2025
The oil price shock
The rise in interest rates

What was the S&P 500 performance in 2022?

+5%
-5%
-19.4%
-33%

What was the primary cause of the 34% S&P 500 crash in March 2020?

The simultaneous oil price shock
The global spread of COVID-19 and lockdowns
The price war between OPEC and Russia
The flight to liquidity

Volatility linked to the economic cycle generally spans from a few days to a few weeks.

True
False

Major market movements generally result from a single cause.

True
False

Categorize items by dragging them to the appropriate zones

Items to categorize:

GDP
Fed rate decisions
Conflict in Ukraine
VIX index
Categories:

Macroeconomic factors

Monetary policy factors

Geopolitical factors

Psychological factors

Exogenous volatility

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