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12 ECON Vocab 19
study material economics CH 19 - Ponder
Term | Definition |
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soft loans | loans that may never be paid back |
cartel | producers or sellers who act together to control prices |
customs union | agreement in which two or more countries abolish tariffs and trade restrictions and adopt uniform tariffs for nonmember countries |
external debt | money borrowed from foreign banks and governments |
capital flight | export of a nation's currency and foreign exchange |
developing country | country whose GNP is a fraction of an industrialized country |
World Bank | international corporation that makes loans and provides financial assistance to developing countries |
International Monetary Fund | international organization that advises nations on monetary and fiscal policies |
population density | number of people per square mile |
default | not repaying a debt |
ASEAN | ten-nation group of Asian nations working for regional peace and economic growth |
zero population growth | when the average number of births and deaths are in balance |
European Union (EU) | economic union of 16 nations |
Expropriation | taking over foreign property without making any payment in return |
free-trade area | agreement in which two or more countries reduce trade barriers and tariffs among themselves |