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CH 2 Intro Biz JW
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during one year. | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
| Output per person. Calculated by dividing the GDP by the total population. | GDP Per Capita |
| The portion of people in the labor force who are not working. | Unemployment Rate |
| The production output in relation to a unit of input, such as a worker. | Productivity |
| Salaries and wages as well as investment income and government payment to individuals. | Personal Income |
| Sales of durable and nondurable goods bought by consumers. | Retail Sales |
| The movement of the economy from one condition to another and back again. Its four cycles include: prosperity, recession, depression, and recovery. | Business Cycle |
| Period in which most people who want to work are working, businesses produce goods and services in record numbers, wages are good, and the rate of GDP growth increases. | Prosperity |
| Period in which demand begins to decrease, businesses lower production, unemployment begins to rise, and GDP growth slows for two or more quarters of the calendar year. | Recession |
| Phase marked by prolonged period of high unemployment, weak consumer sales, and business failures. | Depression |
| Phase in which unemployment begins to decrease, demand for goods and services increases, and GDP begins to rise again. | Recovery |
| Increase in general level of prices. | Inflation |
| Number that compares prices in one year with prices in some earlier base year. | Price Index |
| A decrease in the general level of prices. | Deflation |
| Involves spending by businesses for items such as land, buildings, equipment, and new products. | Capital Projects |
| Representation of ownership in a company or corporation. | Stock |
| Debt an organization owes. | Bond |
| When a government spends less than it takes in. | Budget Surplus |
| When a government spends more money than it takes in. | Budget Deficit |
| The total amount owed by the federal government. | National Debt |