Visit a local shopping mall or shopping area. List each store that you see and determine what degree of competition it faces in its immediate environment. For example, if there is only one store in the mall that sells shoes, that store represents a "local" monopoly. Note those businesses with direct competitors (two jewelry stores) and show how they compete with one ano

Gif the public and community loses trust in banks it affects the entire u.s. financial system. in order to keep this type of financial contagion from happening, the fed makes as needed short-term emergency loans, by acting as the lender of last resort. guides and regulates private deposit insurance programs to cover insolvent bank losses. decreases the money supply as acting lender of last resort.