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Review of terms and concepts from Unit 5 of AICE Econ AS Level

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Definition
Labor Force   The number of adults available for work.  
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Labor Force Participation Rate   The labor force as a proportion of a total population.  
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Birth Rate   Number of live births per 1000 people each year.  
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Death Rate   Number of deaths per 1000 people each year.  
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Migration   The movement of people from one country to another for the purpose of work.  
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Urbanisation   An increasing proportion of the poplulation lives in large towns and cities.  
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Dependancy Ratio   The proportion of the population that is not productive.  
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Unemployment   Those who are willing and able to work but cannot find a job.  
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Labor Force Survey   A quarterly government survey of employment and unemployment.  
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Cost of Living   The cost of a range of goods that are nessecary for normal existance.  
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Consumer Price Index (CPI)   Mesure of inflation used in the United States.  
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Nominal Value   The face value of money.  
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Real Value   The purchasing value of money calculated at the prices of the base year.  
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Aggregate Demand   The total spending on goods and services in the economy.  
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Aggregate Supply   The total production of an economy.  
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Types of Unemployment   Frictional, structural, cyclical and seasonal.  
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Unemployment Rate   The percentage of the labor force that is currently unemployed.  
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Long Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS)   The potential output of an economy when firms are able to alter all of their factors of production.  
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Discouraged Worker   Workers who are no longer unemployed because they have given up looking for a job.  
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Retail Price Index (RPI)   Measure of inflation used in the UK.  
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Components of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Net Exports  
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   A measurement of all new final products in an economy.  
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Economic Growth   An increase in the productive potential in an economy.  
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