Economics Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. A situation in which income exceeds expenditures.
- 7. The total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company.
- 8. The highest point between the end of an economic expansion and the start of a contraction in a business cycle.
- 10. The means by which a government adjusts its spending levels and tax rates to monitor and influence a nation's economy.
- 12. 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.
- 13. An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise
- 14. The macroeconomic policy laid down by the central bank.
- 15. A policy by which a government does not discriminate against imports or interfere with exports by applying tariffs
- 18. A broad measurement of a nation's overall economic activity
- 20. The lowest remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers.
- 21. A measure of the total output of a country that takes the gross domestic product (GDP) and divides it by the number of people in the country.
- 23. A sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
- 24. A situation when the price charged is more than or less than the equilibrium price determined by market forces of demand and supply.
- 26. An agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.
- 27. He is well-known for his stance that national governments should attempt to smooth out the effects of expansion and contraction in the business cycle by using fiscal and monetary policy.
- 28. A ratio between the output volume and the volume of inputs.
- 29. When the demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market.
- 31. The economic policy of restraining trade between countries
- 34. The central bank of the United States and the most powerful financial institution in the world.
- 36. An increase in public spending
- 37. States that if countries specialise in producing goods where they have a lower opportunity cost – then there will be an increase in economic welfare.
- 38. A market structure characterized by a single seller, selling a unique product in the market.
- 40. Organization that aims to create economic peace and stability in the world through a multilateral system
- 41. The "useful-ness" that a consumer obtains from any good.
- 43. An individual retirement plan that bears many similarities to the traditional IRA, but the contributions are not tax deductible and qualified distributions are tax free.
- 45. The economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources.
- 47. A measure of a negative balance of trade in which a country's imports exceeds its exports.
- 48. He is best known for his strong belief in free-market capitalism
- 49. An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned
Down
- 1. The level of employment rates where there is no cyclical or deficient-demand unemployment.
- 2. He is particularly famous for his defense of free-market capitalism and is remembered as one of the greatest critics of the socialist consensus.
- 4. A term used to identify federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid
- 5. A monetary system in which a country's government allows its currency unit to be freely converted into fixed amounts of gold and vice versa.
- 6. A situation when the price charged is more than or less than the equilibrium price determined by market forces of demand and supply.
- 9. The ability of a party (an individual, or firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors, using the same amount of resources.
- 11. System by Karl Marx defining that all means of production are owned in common
- 13. When the supply for a product or service exceeds its demand in a market.
- 16. An economic system where few restrictions are placed on business activities and ownership
- 17. Hands off government
- 19. An increase in the value of one currency in terms of another.
- 22. Type of money that is intrinsically useless object or record
- 25. One of the most frequently used statistics for identifying periods of inflation or deflation.
- 30. Money which is set aside for an emergency situation, such as unexpected unemployment or injury, or a natural disaster which destroys one's home and belongings.
- 32. A market structure in which a small number of firms has the large majority of market share.
- 33. A significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months
- 35. Series of statistical figures, such as the consumer price index or the gross domestic product, used by economists to predict future economic activity.
- 39. A benefit given by the government
- 42. analysis An examination of the additional benefits of an activity compared to the additional costs of that activity.
- 44. He is known as the founding father of modern Economics, defined Economics as the study of the nature and causes of nations' wealth or simply as the study of wealth.
- 46. A low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle.