Economics and Finance 2

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Across
  1. 2. Increase in the production and consumption of goods and services.
  2. 5. Organization representing workers for collective bargaining.
  3. 6. Strategy of spreading investments to reduce risk.
  4. 7. Government decisions regarding taxation and spending.
  5. 10. Marketplace where employers and employees interact.
  6. 13. Measure of income inequality within a population.
  7. 14. Debt issued by a national government.
  8. 15. Value of the next best alternative forgone when a decision is made.
  9. 16. Raw material or primary agricultural product.
  10. 18. Distribution of investments among different asset classes.
  11. 19. Central bank policy to stimulate the economy by buying financial assets.
  12. 20. Period of economic decline, typically measured by GDP contraction.
Down
  1. 1. Collection of financial assets owned by an investor.
  2. 3. Economic system based on private ownership and free markets.
  3. 4. Excess of exports over imports.
  4. 8. Institution responsible for monetary policy and currency issuance.
  5. 9. Government payments to individuals based on eligibility criteria.
  6. 11. Financial protection against risk.
  7. 12. Statistical method to analyze relationships between variables.
  8. 17. Failure to fulfill a financial obligation.