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Study Guide
Word | Definition |
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natural resources | resources that exist without actions of humankind |
human recources | people who make up the workforce |
consumer recources | help consumers make smart buying decisions |
capital resources | goods produced and used to make other goods |
command economy | an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government. |
market economy | an economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses. |
traditional economy | an economic system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs help shape the goods and services the economy produces |
mixed economy | an economic system combining private and public enterprise. |
depression | long term downturn in economic activity |
recession | a decline in gross domestic product |
recovery | when an economy regains and exceeds peak |
prosperity | the state of flourishing |
supply | the quantity of a good or service that businesses are willing and able to provide |
demand | quantity of a good or service that a consumer is interested in buying |
quantity | the amount of goods |
imports | whats brought in the country |
exports | what we take out of the country |
sole proprietorship | business owned by one person |
corporation | a large scale company owned by many members |
partnership | a business owned and controlled by two or more people |
nonprofit | group of people who come together to do something without getting money in return |
consumer | a person who purchases goods and services for personal use. |
wholesaler | a person or company that sells goods in large quantities at low prices, typically to retailers. |
liabilities | the future sacrifices of economic benefits that the entity is obliged to make to other entities as a result of past transactions or other past events |
productivity | the state or quality of producing something |
exchange rate | the value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. |
budget surplus | A government budget is a financial statement presenting the government's proposed revenues and spending for a financial year. |