Macroeconomics Essentials: GDP, Unemployment, Inflation and Economic Indicators

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Economics - Macroeconomics

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What is the study of the United States economy as a whole called?
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What term describes the total market value of all final products produced in a country within a certain period of time?
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What is GDP measured in current prices known as?
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What is GDP measured in base year prices called?
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What is the measure of the price level calculated as the ratio of nominal GDP to real GDP times 100?
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What type of unemployment is linked to seasonal work?
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What type of unemployment is caused by a business cycle recession?
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What type of unemployment occurs when workers' skills do not match the jobs that are available?
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What type of unemployment occurs when people take time to find a job?
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What is the term for a general increase in prices of goods and services?
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What measures inflation of all goods?
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What is CPI minus food and energy costs known as?
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What is an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer called?
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What index measures prices that producers receive for their finished goods?
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What is the measure of consumer spending known as?
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What does the acronym COLA stand for in economic terms?
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What is a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters?
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What is the government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending?
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What is an increase in government purchases of goods and services, a decrease in net taxes, or some combination of the two for the purpose of increasing aggregate demand and expanding real output called?
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What fiscal policy is used to decrease aggregate demand or supply, involving deliberate measures to decrease government expenditures, increase taxes, or both, and is appropriate during periods of inflation?
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What policy creates incentives for the private sector to reduce pollutants, is difficult to value resources, and allows for some pollution, exemplified by tradable pollution credits?
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What does M1 include in terms of monetary aggregates?
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What does M2 include in terms of monetary aggregates?
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What are certificates of deposit less than $100,000 known as?
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