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1.02 POBF
Question | Answer |
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GDP | a country’s total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in one year. |
GDP per capita | GDP per person |
unemployment rate | the people of the labor force that are unemployed |
personal income | includes the total wages and salaries plus investment income and government payments to individuals |
retail sales | sales of goods and services purchased to indicate the spending patterns |
budget deficit | government spend more money than it collects |
prosperity | Employment rate and demand for products and services are high. |
recession | Unemployment rate is increasing and demand for products and services are lowering. |
depression | Unemployment rate is high and demand for products and services is lowering. |
recovery | Unemployment rate is lowering and demand for products and services is increasing. |
inflation | increase in the price of goods/services; the demand for products and services exceeds the supply, which may cause an increase in prices |
deflation | the prices of products and services are lowered, but people have less money for purchases |
CPI | Consumer Price Index; the value of a market basket of goods/services; comparing CPI from one year to the next gives a level of inflation |
prime rate | usually made available to banks’ best customers |
discount rate | offered by the federal reserve to financial institutions for loans. |
t-bill rate | the yield for short-term (13 weeks) government debt. |
treasury bond rate | the yield for long-term government debt. |
mortgage rate | amount borrowers pay for home loans |
corporate bond rate | the cost of loans for large US corporations. |
certificate of deposit | rate paid for deposits for a period of time ( 6, 12, or 18 months) |