Economic Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. short of supply,shortage
- 7. an individual retirement account allowing a person to set aside after-tax income up to a specified amount each year
- 11. the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input
- 12. all means of production are owned in common, rather than by individuals
- 13. the system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged
- 14. gross domestic product
- 16. the price charged is more than or less than the equilibrium price determined by market forces of demand and supply
- 19. the ability of an individual or group to carry out a particular economic activity more efficiently than another individual or group.
- 21. a situation in which income exceeds expenditures
- 22. an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control
- 24. central bank of the United States
- 26. international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions.
- 28. the lowest wage permitted by law
- 29. is an examination of the additional benefits of an activity compared to the additional costs of that activity
- 30. the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service
- 34. an increase of value in currency
- 36. assets minus liabilities
- 37. stash of money set aside to cover the financial surprises life throws your way
- 38. world trade organization
- 40. the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated
- 41. was an Austrian and British economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism
- 42. low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle
- 43. a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production
- 46. Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment
- 47. state of being useful,profitable,beneficial
- 48. state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts
Down
- 1. a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters
- 2. the price charged is more than or less than the equilibrium price determined by market forces of demand and supply
- 3. practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
- 5. a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering
- 6. a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers
- 8. the ability of a firm or individual to produce goods and/or services at a lower opportunity cost than other firms or individuals.
- 9. American economist who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy.
- 10. amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand
- 15. easures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households
- 17. all who are able and willing to work are employed
- 18. north american free trade agreement
- 20. reach the highest point
- 23. an increase in the level of economic activity, and of the goods and services available. It is a period of economic growth as measured by a rise in real GDP
- 25. Series of statistical figures, such as the consumer price index or the gross domestic product, used by economists to predict future economic activity
- 27. macroeconomic policy laid down by the central bank
- 31. the amount by which the cost of a country's imports exceeds the value of its exports
- 32. use of government spending and taxation to influence the economy
- 33. English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments
- 34. an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision
- 35. the fact of having a right to something
- 39. a benefit given by the government to groups or individuals usually in the form of a cash payment or tax reduction
- 44. the use of monetary or fiscal policy changes to kick start a lagging or struggling economy
- 45. a formal authorization or proposition; a decree