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Macro Econ Part 2
Missouri S&T
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
10/11/2011

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Supply creates demand
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JB Say
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Vertical supply curve
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Classical Economic theory
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Rising wages
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cost-push inflation
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stable prices
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Natural rate of unempoloyment
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non-periodic change in gdp
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business cycle
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secular trend
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long term movement
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classical school
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david ricardo
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GDP gap
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actual output less than potential output
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Mobilty of labor
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frictional unemployment
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Demand greater than suppply
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demand pull inflation
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Adam Smith
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Market economics
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"capital is theft'
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Karl Marx
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John M Keynes
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General Theory
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GDP and rate of unemployment
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Arthur Okun
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Underground economy
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Al Capone
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stagflation
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when prices rice even when the economy is stagnate
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Capital consumption allowances
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allowanvers made when calculating the NDP for the capital that is used over time
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indirect business taxes
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taxes businesses have to pay such as sales taxes
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consumption function
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shows the relationship between levels of income and quantities cosumed during that time
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leading economic indicators
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preceed the direction of the economy
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frictional unemployment
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measure of unemployment of those moving from job to job
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LIBOR
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used as economic standard for comparison (gotten from london)
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financial derivative
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originates from another source (such as in mortgages and loans)
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Money GDP
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value of final goods and services in term, of price over a specific time period in which they are produced
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demand pull (theory of inflation)
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when the economy is at a peak then the demand for a product spikes up faster than the supply of resources
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cost push (theory of inflation)
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the cost of resources to make products increases so companies have to raise prices of their finished products
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Okun's Law
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Compares the natural rate of unemployment to the actual rate. Includes factors like reasons for unemployment and is useful for determining economic conditions. For every 1% difference in rates, there is a 2.5% gap
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Say's Law
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supply creates its demand
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Keynasian Theory
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a body of economic theory that concludes unemployment is possible for a market economy and that significant government internetion is appropriate
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Consumption function
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a schedule showing the relationship between levels of income and quantities consumed during a particular period of time
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Classical thoery
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if the economy is left to its own devices, iconme will move to the level that labor force will be fully employed
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Demand pull inflation
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the ruse in aggregate prices that occurs when demand increases more rapidly than supply
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net exports
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difference for an economy between its exports and inmports, and when exports are greater than inmports
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Money GDP
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value of final goods and services produced expressed in the prices of the period they are produced
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expenditure approach
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the way the government over spends in order to keep the country running
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