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6479894889Gross Domestic ProductThe total dollar value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a country during a specific time period, usually one year.0
6479894890final gooda new good that undergoes no further processing before it is sold to consumers (Counted in GDP)1
6479894891intermediate goodgood purchased for resale or for use in producing another good (not counted in GDP)2
6479894892circular flowa model of the movements of goods, services, resources, and money in an economy3
6479894893product marketmarket where producers offer goods and services for sale to households, other businesses, and the government4
6479894894resource marketa market in which households sell and firms buy resources (land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship)5
6479894895consumptionspending by households on goods and services, with the exception of purchases of new housing6
6479894896investmentbusiness spending on capital equipment, inventories, and structures and household purchases of new housing7
6479894897net exportsspending on domestically produced goods by foreigners (exports) minus spending on foreign goods by domestic residents (imports)8
6479894898income approachCalculating GDP by adding up all earnings from resources used to produce output in the nation during the year (Wages + Rent + Interest + Profit)9
6479894899Expenditure approachcalculating GDP by adding up spending on all final goods & services produced in the nation during the year (Consumer Spending (C) + Investment (I) + Government Spending (G) + Net Exports (Xn)10
6479894900Net Domestic Productgross domestic product minus depreciation11
6479894901National Incomethe total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr)12
6479894902Personal Incomemonies received by households (National Income + transfer payments)13
6479894903Disposable Incomepersonal income minus personal taxes14
6479894904GDP per capitatotal value of goods and services produced in a year divided by the population15
6479894905Gross National ProductThe total value of goods and services, including income received from abroad, produced by the citizens of a country within a specific time period, usually one year.16
6479894906Real GDPGDP after adjustments for inflation17
6479894907Nominal GDPthe GDP measured in terms of the price level at the time of measurement (unadjusted for inflation)18
6479894908Inflationan increase in the overall level of prices in the economy19
6479894909demand pull inflationincreases in the price level resulting from an excess of demand over output20
6479894910cost push inflationIncreases in the price level due to a rise in the cost of production.21
6479894911real interestThe rate of interest adjusted for inflation. (Nominal interest rate - inflation rate)22
6479894912nominal interest ratethe stated interest rate on a loan23
6479894913unemployment ratethe percentage of people in the civilian labor force who are not working but are looking for jobs24
6479894914structural unemploymentunemployment that occurs when workers skills do not match the jobs that are available25
6479894915frictional unemploymentunemployment caused by workers changing jobs or waiting to go to new ones26
6479894916cyclical unemploymentunemployment that rises during economic downturns and falls when the economy improves27
6479894917natural rate of unemploymentThe "normal" unemployment rate due to frictional and structural conditions in labor markets. It is the unemployment rate that occurs even when the economy is operating at a maximum sustainable rate of output.28
6479894918Okun's lawfor every 1% of unemployment above the natural rate a negative GDP gap of 2% occurs29
6479894919GDP Gapthe difference between the actual GDP and the potential GDP that could be produced if all resources were fully employed.30
6479894920Business Cyclerecurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline31
6479894921Expansiona period of economic growth as measured by a rise in real GDP and fall in the unemployment rate32
6479894922Peakthe height of an economic expansion, when real GDP stops rising and the unemployment rate is at its natural rate33
6479894923ContractionA period of economic decline marked by falling real GDP and rising unemployment34
6479894924recessiontwo or more consecutive quarters of decline in Real GDP35
6479894925troughthe lowest point in an economic contraction, when real GDP stops falling and unemployment rates are high36
6479894926recoverythe phase in which unemployment begins to decrease, demand for goods and services increases, and GDP begins to rise again37
6479894927cyclical goodsProducts for which demand is strongly affected by changing income.38
6479894928non-cyclical goodsProducts for which demand is not usually affected by changes in the economy39

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