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Economics
Term | Definition |
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Liquidity | The ease of turning an asset into money |
Fiat currency | Given value by declaration of the government |
Fractional reserve | Loaning out most of its money |
Interest | The price of money |
Bond | Certificate of indebtedness |
Mutual Fund | Investment company |
Inflation | General increase in prices |
Purchasing power | Ability to buy goods and services |
Discount rate | What banks are charged for loans |
Open market operations | Buying and selling federal securities |
Perfect competition | Many sellers and buyers |
Oligopsony | Only a few major buyers |
Law of demand | As price increases, demand falls |
Law of supply | As price increases, production increases |
Relative price | Price of one item expressed as the price for another |
Price floor | Creates surplus |
Price elasticity of demand | How much demand changes when price changes |
Substitute good | Demand increases when the price for another good increases |
Market failure | Resources not allocated efficiently |
Public Goods | Can be used by more than one person |
Sole Proprietorship | the most common form of business organization in the U.S |
Corporation | involves charter, board of directors, and shares of stock |
Small business | Create 60% -80% of Jobs in America |
Entrepreneur | |
E-Myth | If a person is good at one aspect of business, he will be good in all areas of a business |
USP | What your product offers that can't be found elsewhere |
Economic Profit | Considers opportunity cost as a real cost of business |
Law of diminishing marginal returns | Productivity of an input decrease as quantity of the input increases |
Deadweight Loss | Reduction in efficiency |
Business Cycle | Economic fluctuation |