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Entrepreneur | A person who organizes |
Financial Capital | Financial assets |
Goods and Services | The "tangible" (touchable) and "intangible" things produced by a country's economy. Examples of tangible goods include food |
Gross domestic product (GDP) | A common measure of economic output. It equals the value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a year. "Final" goods include consumption |
Human capital | The skills and knowledge possessed by workers. Workers acquire these skills both through formal education and through on-the-job and life experiences. |
Inflation | Increase in overall price level. |
Investment | Purchases of capital |
Labor | The workers in the economy who |
Per Capita GDP | A measure of the total output of a country thatÊtakesÊthe gross domestic product (GDP) and divides it by the number of people in the country. |
Productivity | An economic measure of output per unit of input. |
Prosperity | Employment rate and demand for products and services are high. |
Recession | Unemployment rate is increasing and demand for products and services are lowering |
Recovery | Unemployment rate is lowering and demand for products and services is increasing. |
Standard of living | A level of material comfort as measured by the goods |
Unemployment rate | The percentage of the total labor force that is unemployed but actively seeking employment and willing to work. |