Across
- 3. the willingness and ability of a consumer to buy goods and services at a specific price
- 12. people or business that buy goods or services
- 13. a period between a peak and a trough in the business cycle where there is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy that can last from a few months to more than a year
- 14. general increase in the price of goods and services over a period of time
- 16. an item necessary for survival
- 17. system an economic system where two forces, known as supply and demand, direct the production of goods and services
- 18. a product or service that consumers see as essentially the same or similar-enough to another product
- 19. a person who uses goods or services
- 20. an item that can be seen or touched
- 21. a sustained period of significant economic decline that sees a nation's GDP drop, unemployment rates rise and consumer confidence suffer
- 22. one in which a centralized government controls the means of production and determines output levels
- 23. people that work to produce and services in a business
- 24. cannot be perceived by touch
- 25. the total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers
Down
- 1. when there is a drastic change in market activity
- 2. means through which goods and services are made available to consumers
- 4. one that combines aspects of both capitalism and socialism
- 5. the state in which market supply and demand balance each other, and as a result prices become stable
- 6. equipment, building, money that is used to produce goods and services
- 7. an item which can be seen or touched but is not necessary for survival
- 8. an item not necessary for survival but that adds pleasure and comfort to life
- 9. products that are typically used together
- 10. those in which customs and traditions are more important than money
- 11. an item that can be seen or touched and is essential for survival
- 15. those raw materials that we get from earth
