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IB Economic for the Unit mentioned above

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show Occurs when real output (real GDP) increases through time and is a result of greater or better use of existing resources. In the PPC model it can be illustrated by a movement from a point inside a PPC to another point in the northeast direction.  
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Consumer price index (CPI)   show
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Cost-push inflation   show
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show A grade assigned by certain agencies (such as Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s) on the borrowing risks a prospective issuer of debt (for example, of a bond) presents to lenders.  
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Cyclical (demand-deficient) unemployment   show
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Debt servicing   show
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Deflation   show
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Deflationary/recessionary gap   show
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show Inflation that is caused by increases in aggregate demand.  
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Disinflation   show
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Economic growth   show
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show Unemployment of individuals who are in-between jobs, as people quit to find a better job or to move to a different location.  
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show Full employment exists when the economy is producing at its potential level of real output and thus there is only natural unemployment . when the economy is producing on the PPC.  
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Full employment level of output   show
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Government (national) debt   show
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Gross domestic product (GDP)   show
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show A sustained increase in the average level of prices.  
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Inflationary gap   show
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Inflation rate   show
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show The labour market is considered flexible if it can adjust fast and fully to changes in labour demand and labour supply conditions.  
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Long-run aggregate supply (LRAS)   show
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show A curve showing the monetarist view that there is no trade-off between inflation and unemployment in the long run and that there exists a natural rate of unemployment at the level of potential output.  
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show Refers to average growth over long periods of time shown in the business cycle diagram as the line that runs through short-term fluctuations, indicating changes in potential output  
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Natural rate of unemployment   show
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Phillips curve   show
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Potential output   show
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show A price index that removes the impact of changes in the price level when measuring nominal economic variables.  
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show The total value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a given time period, usually one year, adjusted for inflation.  
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show Occurs when real GDP falls for at least two consecutive quarters.  
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Seasonal unemployment   show
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show A curve showing the inverse relationship between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation, which suggests a trade-off between inflation and unemployment.  
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Short-term fluctuations of economic activity   show
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Structural unemployment   show
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show When a person (who is above a specified age and is available to work) is actively looking for work, but is without a job.  
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show The number of unemployed workers expressed as a percentage of the total workforce.  
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Wage   show
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