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macroeconomics ch 6 prices & unemp

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show a weighted average of prices of ALL goods and services; y-axis  
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Price Index   show
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show a major price index; Qty's are fixed; is based upon a representative group of goods and services purchased by a typical household (called the market basket); a widely cited index number for the price level; CPI is base yr is always 100  
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CPI formula & % change in price   show
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Market Basket   show
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show anchor yr; the chosen year as a pt of reference or basis of comparison for prices in other yrs; a benchmark yr; CPI in base yr is 100  
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show an increase in the Price Level or price index; during inflation Price Level goes up and PP$ goes down, debtors gain and creditors lose; helps people in debt  
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inflation rate   show
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deflation   show
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show dollar amount (earlier yr) x ((CPI <current yr>/(CPI <earlier yr)) = dollar amount in today's <current> dollar  
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Purchasing Power (PP$)   show
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real income   show
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show current dollar amount of income  
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show is based upon ALL goods and services produced in an economy; GDP prices are fixed; (nominal/real) x 100 = GDP Deflator  
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unemployed person   show
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unemployment rate   show
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employment rate   show
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show the %age of the civilian noninstitutional population that's in the civilian labor force = civilian labor force/civilian noninstitutional population  
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show due to the natural so-called frictions of the economy, caused by changing market conditions & is represented by qualified indivs w/ transferable skills who change jobs; u don't know about ea other  
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show due to the structural change in the economy that eliminate some jobs & create others for which the unemployed are unqualified; creative destruction  
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cyclical unemployment (bad)   show
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show expansion (going up)- increasing hiring, peak (top), recession (going down), contraction (still going down) - no hiring, trough (very bottom)  
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show caused by frictional and structural factors in the economy rate = frictional unemp rate + structural unemp rate  
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full employment   show
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