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Economic Terms #1
Economic Study Stack #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scarcity | Condition caused by people's unlimited wants and the relatively limited resources to meet those wants. |
| Opportunity Cost | What a person gives up when they choose one thing over another. |
| Trade off | Accepting less of one to get more of something. |
| Economic Systems | The ways in which people deal with the problems of scarcity and opportunity costs. |
| Money | Anything that serves as a medium of exchange. |
| Market | Arrangements that allow buyers and sellers to meet and exchange goods or service. |
| Supply | Different amounts of goods and services that will be offered for sale at a certain price for a certain amount of time. |
| Demand | Various goods and services that will be purchased during a specific time period. |
| Competition | More than one buyer or seller in the same market. |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | The market value of all final goods and services produced by a country in one year. |
| Unemployment | The number of people without a job actively seeking work. |
| Inflation | An increase in the average price level of the economy. |
| Deflation | A decrease in the average price level of the economy. |
| Monetary Policy | Actions that affect the amount of money and the cost of credit available in the economy. |
| Fiscal Policy | Changes in taxes or government spending that are designed to affect demand. |
| Exchange Rate | The price in one nation's currency in terms of another nation's currency. |
| Capital | The tools, equipment, and factories used in the production of goods and services. |
| Factors of Production | Things that are needed to produce any good or service. They are land, capital, labor, entrepreneurship. |
| Laissez Faire | Means "no government interference in the economy." French to allow them to. |
| Want | Not a basic requirement for survival. |
| Need | A basic requirement for survival. |
| Consumer Goods | A good intended for final use by a consumer. |
| Capital Good | A good used to make other goods(oven in a bakery) |
| Durable Good | Used regularly in the Last three or more years. |
| Good | A tangible commidity (book or car) |