Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Goverment
nk
11
Other
12th Grade
08/20/2012

Additional Other Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Buisness Cycle
Definition
recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country.
Term
Expansion
Definition
the act or process of expanding.
Term
Peak
Definition
the highest or most important point or level.
Term
contraction
Definition
an act or instance of contracting
Term
trough
Definition
the lowest point, especially in an economic cycle
Term
Great Depression
Definition
economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
Term
Frictional Unemployment
Definition
those people who are in the process of moving from one job to another and who therefore appear in the unemployment statistics collected at any given time
Term
seasonal unemployment
Definition
Periodic unemployment created by seasonal variations in particular industries, especially industries such as construction that are affected by the weather.
Term
inflation
Definition
Economics . a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency ( opposed to deflation).
Term
poverty rate
Definition
Term
income inequality
Definition
Supporting users have an ad free experience!