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2.02 Economic Goods
Economic Goods & Services
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consumers goods | Products produced for personal consumption |
| Consumers | People who used 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 which satisfy economic wants |
| Economic services | Productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which 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 and 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 of a finished product without any additional processing |
| Producer | 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 satis |