Across
- 3. the market value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given time period.
- 5. the series of growing and shrinking periods of economic activity, measured by increases or decreases in real gross domestic product.
- 7. a timeperiod of economic decay where there is a decrease in a nation’s real
- 8. a sustained rise in the general price level, or a sustained fall in purchasing power of money.
- 11. a timeperiod of economic growth where there is an increase in a nation’s real
- 12. a business owned and controlled by one person.
- 13. the percentage of the labor force that is jobless and actively looking for
Down
- 1. describes periods during which prices rise at the same time that there is a slowdown in business activity.
- 2. is a prolonged economic contraction lasting two or more quarters (six months or
- 4. the combination of vision, skill, ingenuity, and willingness to take risks that is needed to create and run new businesses.
- 6. a business owned by shareholders, also called stockholders, who own the rights to the company’s profits but face only limited liability for the company’s debts and losses
- 9. a business co-owned by two or more people, or “partners”, who agree on how responsibilities, profits, and losses should be divided.
- 10. is an extended period of high unemployment and reduced business activity.