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economic terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prime rate | the interest rate that commercials banks charge their best customers |
| business cycle | the recurring ups and downs of the GDP |
| recession | a period of decline in the economy |
| peak | point where GDP stops going up |
| trough | point where GDP stops going down |
| expansion | a period of recovery from a recession |
| depression | (often called trough)period in the economy where there is high unempolment, shortages |
| blue collar workers | industrial or factory workers |
| white collar workers | clerical, business or preffessional workers who are generally salaried. |
| tariff | a tax on imports |
| quota | limiton the amount of goods that can be brought into a country. |