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Economics chapter 13
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the measurement of the national economy’s performance, dealing with the overall economy’s output and income called | national income accounting |
| 2. What are two of the five statistics used to measure the national economy | GDP, Net Domestic Product, national income, personal income, and disposable income. |
| 3. What is total value of all final goods and services produced in a nation in a single year called | GDP |
| 4. What are two of the four categories used to measure a nation’s GDP | consumer sector, investment sector, government sector, exports |
| 5. What is the prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and services called | inflation |
| 6. The real goods and services that money can buy and determines the value of money is called | purchasing power |
| 7. What is the prolonged decline in the general price level of goods and services | deflation |
| 8. What is the measure of the change in price over time of a specific group of goods and services used by the average household | consumer price index |
| 9. What is a representative group of goods and services used to compile the consumer price index called | market basket |
| 10. What is the year used as a point of comparison for other years in a series of statistics called | base year |
| 11. What is a measure of the change in price over time that United States producers charge for their goods and services called | producer price index |
| 12. What is the price index that removes the effect of inflation from GDP so that the overall economy in one year can be compared to another year called | GDP price deflator |
| 13. What is the GDP that has been adjusted for inflation by applying the price deflator called | real GDP |
| 14. The summation of all the individual parts in the economy is called | aggregates |
| 15. What is the total quantity of goods and services in the entire economy that all citizens will demand at any single time called | aggregate demand |
| 16. What is the real domestic output of producers based on the rise and fall of the price level called | aggregate supply |
| 17. What are the ups and downs in an economy | business fluctuations |
| 18. What are irregular changes in the level of total output measured by real GDP called? | business cycle |
| 19. List the four major parts of a business cycle | expansion or recovery, peak or boom, contraction or recession, trough |
| 20. Explain how capital investment by businesses help to improve the economy | Creates more jobs. |
| 21. Explain how innovations help to improve the economy. | Helps to create more jobs. |
| 22. List the two ways that the government affects business cycles | Policies on taxing, and control over money supply. |
| 23. What are economic indicators | Statistics used to measure change in the economy. |
| 24. Why are economic indicators used by economists | So they can make better economic decisions. |
| 25. List the three main types of economic indicators | Leading, coincident, and lagging indicators |