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A202 Key terms
Economic Goods and Services
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Consumer Goods and Services | Products produced for personal consumption. |
| Consumers | People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants |
| Convenience Products | Consumer goods and services purchased quickly and without much thought or effort. |
| Economic Goods | Physical objects that are useful, scarce, and transferable and that satisfy economic wants. |
| Economic Services | Productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and that satisfy economic wants. |
| Economic Want | A desire for something that can only be satisfied by spending money. |
| Equipment | Industrial goods used in the operation of a business but not used in the actual production of a good or service. |
| Goods | Tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale. |
| Impulse item | Any item purchased as a result of an on-the-spot decision to buy. |
| Industrial Goods & Services | Products purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/or to use in business operations. |
| Installations | High-cost, long-lasting industrial goods that are used to produce other goods and services. |
| Market Research | The systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about a specific issue, situation, or concern that affects a market. |
| Materials | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product after they have been processed. |
| Noneconomic Want | A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money. |
| Parts | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product without any additional processing. |
| Producers | The people who make or provide goods and services. |
| Product | A good or service that a company sells to customers. |
| Raw Materials | Items in their natural state or condition. |
| Scarce | Limited. |
| Services | Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants. |
| Shopping Products | Consumer goods and services purchased after customers compare products to get the best quality, price, and/or service. |