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Per Fi. Ch 1-1 Voc
Know these terms.
Question | Answer |
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goals | the things you want to accomplish |
personal financial planning | spending, saving, and investing your money so you can have the kind of life you want as well as financial security |
values | the beliefs and principles you consider important, correct, and desirable |
opportunity cost | what you give up when you make one choice instead of another |
liquidity | the ability to easily convert your financial resources into cash without a loss in value |
service | a task that a person or machine performs for you |
good | a physical object that is porduced and can be weighed or measured |
economics | the study of the decisions that go into making, distributing, and using goods and services |
economy | consists of the ways in which people make, distribute, and use their goods and services |
supply | the amount of goods and services that are available |
demand | the amount of goods and services people are willing to buy |
Federal Reserve System | the central banking organization of the United States an d it controls the money supply by determining interest rates and by buying or selling government securities. |
inflation | the rise in the level of prices for goods and services |
consumer | a person who purchases or buys and uses goods or services |
interest | the price that is paid for the use of another's money |