A | B |
equilibrium | market with no tendency to change |
exchange rate | price of a foreign currency in terms of another currency |
investment | business spending on capital goods |
fiscal policy | changing G and T to affect AD |
free market | economy in which markets determine prices and output |
frictional unemployment | people temporarily between jobs |
globalization | process of increasing world-wide connectedness |
GDP | value of all final goods and services produced within an economy |
infrastructure | roads, rails, telecommunications etc which help economic activity |
interest | money paid to savers; reward for capital |
merit goods | goods whose consumption benefits society |
structural unemployment | unemployment where there is a mismatch between job skills and demand for labor |
monetary policy | changing interest rates and the money supply to impact AD |
protectionism | policies aimed at restricting flow of imports into a country |