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Wills econ
Term Sheet 7,4-7.6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fictional Unemployment | the unemployment which exists in any economy due to people being in the process of moving from one job to another. |
| Structional Unemployment | unemployment resulting from industrial reorganization, typically due to technological change, rather than fluctuations in supply or demand. |
| Globalization | the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. |
| Seasonal Unemployment | when people are unemployed at particular times of the year when demand for labour is lower than usual. |
| Cyclical Unemployment | unemployment that results when the overall demand for goods and services in an economy cannot support full employment. |
| Unemployment Rate | the percentage of unemployed workers in the total labor force |
| Full Employment | The condition in which people who are able and willing to work are employed |
| Underemployed | ot having enough paid work or not doing work that makes full use of their skills and abilities. Over qualified. |
| Discouraged Worker | as those: -who have given up looking for a job and are not counted as unemployed. ... |
| Inflation | a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. |
| Purchasing Power | the financial ability to buy products and services. |
| Price Index | a measurement that shows how the average price of a standard group of goods changes over time |
| Consumer Price Index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
| Market Basket | permanent set of goods and services that are bought and sold as staples in a functional economy. |
| Inflation Rate | |
| Hyperinflation | |
| Quantity Theory | |
| Wage Price Spiral | |
| Fixed Income | |
| Deflation | |
| Poverty Threshold | |
| Poverty Rate | |
| Income distribution | |
| Lorenz Curve | |
| Enterprise Zone | |
| Block Grants | |
| Workfare | |
| Cash Transfers | |
| In-kind Benefits | |
| Medical Benefits | |
| Grant |