Forecasting the National Economy

3. - The act of using goods and services (10 letters)
5. - Gross Domestic Product, the total value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period (4 letters)
8. - A decrease in the general level of prices in an economy (9 letters)
9. - The action of putting money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of achieving a profit (10 letters)
12. - A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money (8 letters)
13. BALANCE - The difference between the value of a country's exports and imports (10 letters)
14. - The amount of something produced by a person, machine, or industry (6 letters)

1. - The state of being without a job (11 letters)
2. POLICY - Government policy that attempts to influence the direction of the economy through changes in government spending or taxes (12 letters)
4. POLICY - The policy of a central bank, aimed at influencing the level of economic activity, especially by controlling the supply of money and interest rates (15 letters)
6. - The effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input (11 letters)
7. RATE - The proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding (12 letters)
9. - The amount of a commodity or service available and the desire of producers to produce and sell it (6 letters)
10. - An economic principle that describes a consumer's desire and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service (6 letters)
11. RATE - The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another (12 letters)