Economics Crossword Puzzle

3. a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
4. the production of goods that will be used to produce other goods.
8. Things that are inputs to production of goods and services.
11. services are tasks performed for the benefit of the recipients
12. the difference between all money flowing into the country in a particular period of time and the outflow of money to the rest of the world.
13. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
15. anything that helps us produce things faster, better or cheaper.
16. the part of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity.
17. Demand refers to the consumer's desire and willingness to buy a product or service at a given period or over time.
18. the increase or improvement in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services produced by an economy in a financial year.
19. refers to the school of thought of economics that originated in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, especially in Britain.
22. the amount of physical, mental, and social effort used to produce goods and services in an economy.
23. the amount by which the cost of a country's imports exceeds the value of its exports

1. the ability of a consumer or producer to decide which good, service or resource to purchase or provide from a range of possible options.
2. the amount by which the value of a country's exports exceeds the cost of its imports.
5. the difference in value between a country's imports and exports.
6. when someone is able to work and wants to work but is unable to find employment.
7. Goods are tangible items sold to customers
9. the total amount of a given product or service a supplier offers to consumers at a given period and a given price level.
10. refers to the policy of protecting domestic industries against foreign competition through tariffs, import quotas and subsidies, or other restrictions placed on the imports of foreign competitors.
14. it means that the demand for a good or service is greater than the availability of the good or service.
16. a branch of mainstream economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms.
20. an increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy.
21. the amount of money that a buyer gives to a seller in exchange for a good or a service.