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Armuchee Macro Economic Terms

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show The buying and selling of government securities to alter the supply of money.  
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show Rate the federal reserve charges for loans to commercial banks.  
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Required Reserve Ratio   show
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Monetary Policy   show
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Fiscal Policy   show
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Expansionary Policies   show
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show Fiscal policies, like tax hikes, that reduce economic growth.  
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show Very high inflation that is out of control.  
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show The amount of money the government owes in one year.  
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show The total amount of money that the government owes for all years combined.  
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show A price index determined by measuring the price of a standard group of goods meant to represent the market basket of a typical urban consumer.  
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show The percentage of the nation’s labor force that is unemployed.  
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Full Employment   show
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Underemployment   show
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show A person who wants a job but has given up looking.  
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Inflation   show
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show Unemployment that occurs when people take time to find a job.  
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Structural Unemployment   show
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Cyclical Unemployment   show
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show The dollar value of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a given year.  
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show Goods used in the production of final goods.  
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show GDP measured in current prices.  
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Aggregate Supply   show
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show The amount of goods and services in the economy that will be purchased at all possible price levels.  
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Business Cycle   show
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show A period of economic growth as measured by a rise in real GDP.  
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show The height of an economic expansion, when real gdp stops rising.  
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Contraction   show
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Trough   show
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show A prolonged economic contraction.  
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Depression   show
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show A decline in real GDP combined with a rise in price levels.  
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Leading Indicators   show
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show A tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes remains the same for all income levels.  
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Progressive Tax   show
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show A tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes decrease and income increases.  
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Mandatory Spending   show
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show Spending category about which government planners can make choices.  
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Entitlement   show
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Real GDP   show
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