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Economics III Vocab
These flashcards describe the vocabulary of Economics Section III in civics.
Question | Answer |
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A series of economic expansion and contraction | Business Cycle |
A group of US government programs made in the 1930's | The New Deal |
The main governing body of the federal reserve system | Federal reserve system |
central bank regulation | Reserve requirments |
when a tax rate increases | Progressive taxes |
when a tax rate decreases | Regressive taxes |
rivalry among sellers | Competition |
bond certificates issued by the government | Government securities |
When the central bank controls the supply of money | Monetary policy |
the minimum interest rate | Discount rate |
the total value of goods and services produced | Gross Domestic Product |
temporary economic decline | Recession |
increase in products and fall in value | Inflation |
a long term downturn in economic activity | Depression |
the total amuont of money | Money supply |
a deposit of money | Demand deposits |
a degree of wealth and material comfort | Standard of living |
a statistic used to find future trend in the economy | Economics indicators |
the using up of a resource | Consumption |
done | done |