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Consumer Ed glossary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accredited 4.3 | |
| allowances 8.3 | |
| antitrust laws 5.3 | |
| apprenticeship 4.3 | |
| aptitudes 4.2 | |
| arbitration 1.5 | |
| archive 9.4 | |
| assets 9.1 | |
| ATM 10.2 | |
| bait and switch 1.4 | |
| balance of payments 7.1 | |
| balance of trade 7.1 | |
| balance sheet 9.1 | |
| bartering 2.2 | |
| bias 2.4 | |
| biodegradable 3.3 | |
| budget 6.2 and 9.1 | |
| budget deficit 6.2 | |
| budget surplus 6.2 | |
| business cycles 6.1 | |
| canceled check 10.3 | |
| capital 5.2 | |
| career 4.1 | |
| cashier's check 10.4 | |
| certified check 10.4 | |
| chain letter 1.4 | |
| citizenship 3.2 | |
| class action suit 1.5 | |
| command economy 5.1 | |
| commercial banks 10.1 | |
| commission 8.1 | |
| competition 5.2 | |
| conservation 3.3 | |
| conspicuous consumption 2.3 | |
| consumer 1.1 | |
| consumer action panels 1.2 | |
| consumer advocates 1.2 | |
| consumer affairs departments 1.2 | |
| consumer price index (CPI) 6.1 | |
| cookies 1.3 | |
| corporation 5.2 | |
| credentials 2.4 and 9.5 | |
| credit union 10.1 | |
| critical thinking 2.4 | |
| debit card 10.2 | |
| deceptive advertising 1.4 | |
| deduction 8.2 | |
| deficit spending 6.2 | |
| demand 5.2 | |
| dependent 8.3 | |
| depression 6.1 | |
| direct deposit 8.2 | |
| disount rate 6.3 | |
| discretionary expenses 9.3 and 20.2 | |
| distance education programs 4.3 | |
| ecology 3.3 | |
| economic indicators 6.1 | |
| economics 5.1 | |
| economic system 5.1 | |
| electronic funds transfer (EFT) 10.2 | |
| embargo 7.2 | |
| endorsement 10.3 and 14.1 | |
| entrepreneur 4.2 | |
| ethics 3.1 | |
| exchange rate 7.1 | |
| export 7.1 | |
| fads 2.3 | |
| family life cycle 2.1 | |
| FDIC 10.1 | |
| federal funds rate 6.3 | |
| Federal Reserve Board 6.3 | |
| Federal Reserve System 6.3 | |
| fiscal policy 6.3 | |
| fixed expenses 9.3 | |
| flextime 4.1 | |
| fossil fuels 3.3 | |
| fraud 1.4 | |
| free enterprise 5.1 | |
| free trade 7.2 | |
| goals 2.1 | |
| goods 1.1 | |
| gross domestic product (GDP) 6.1 | |
| gross income 9.3 | |
| gross pay 8.2 | |
| identity theft 1.3 | |
| import 7.1 | |
| import quota 7.2 | |
| impulse purchase 2.3 | |
| inflation 6.1 | |
| interest 6.1 and 10.1 | |
| internship 4.3 | |
| interview 4.4 | |
| itemized deductions 8.3 | |
| law of demand 5.2 | |
| law of supply 5.2 | |
| leadership 3.2 | |
| liabilities 9.1 | |
| management 2.2 | |
| market economy 5.1 | |
| marketplace 1.1 | |
| media 1.2 | |
| mediation 1.5 | |
| Medicare 5.3 | |
| mentor 4.5 | |
| minimum wage 8.1 | |
| mixed economy 5.1 | |
| monetary policy 6.3 | |
| money order 10.4 | |
| money supply 6.3 | |
| monopoly 5.3 | |
| mutual savings banks 10.1 | |
| national debt 6.2 | |
| naturalization 3.2 | |
| needs 2.1 | |
| net income 9.3 | |
| net pay 8.2 | |
| net worth 9.1 | |
| nonrenewable resources 3.3 | |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 7.2 | |
| online banking 9.2 | |
| online bill payment 9.2 | |
| online bill presentment 9.2 | |
| online profiling 1.3 | |
| opportunity cost 2.2 | |
| outstanding 10.3 | |
| overdraft 10.3 | |
| overtime 8.1 | |
| payee 10.3 | |
| piecework 8.1 | |
| PIN 10.2 | |
| point-of-sale transaction 10.2 | |
| prepaid cads 10.4 | |
| priorities 2.1 | |
| pro bono 9.5 | |
| procrastinate 2.2 | |
| productivity 5.2 | |
| profit 5.2 | |
| progressive tax 5.4 | |
| proportional tax 5.4 | |
| protectionism 7.2 | |
| pyramid scheme 1.4 | |
| recession 6.1 | |
| reconcile 10.3 | |
| redress 1.2 | |
| references 4.4 | |
| regressive tax 5.4 | |
| renewable resources 3.3 | |
| reserve requirement 6.3 | |
| resources 2.2 | |
| resume 4.4 | |
| retailers 1.1 | |
| revenue 5.4 | |
| safe deposit box 9.4 | |
| salary 8.1 | |
| savings and loans 10.1 | |
| scarcity 2.2 | |
| secure site 1.3 | |
| services 1.1 | |
| severance package 4.5 | |
| share holders 5.2 and 13.3 | |
| shoplifting 3.1 | |
| small claims court 1.5 | |
| Social Security 5.3 | |
| Social Security number 1.3 | |
| standard deduction 8.3 | |
| standard of living 4.1 | |
| standards 2.1 | |
| status symbols 2.3 | |
| supply 5.2 | |
| tariff 7.2 | |
| tax 5.4 | |
| tax credit 8.3 | |
| tax deduction 8.3 | |
| telecommute 4.1 | |
| tips 8.1 | |
| trade deficit 7.1 | |
| traditional economy 5.1 | |
| traveler's checks 10.4 | |
| unemployment insurance 4.5 | |
| values 2.1 | |
| vandalism 3.2 | |
| variable expenses 9.3 | |
| vested 8.1 | |
| wages 8.1 | |
| wants 2.1 | |
| wire transfer 10.4 | |
| work ethic 4.5 | |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) 7.2 |