Across
- 2. The ability of one person or nation to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another person or nation.
- 4. The effort used to coordinate the factors of production--natural resources, labor, physical capital, and human capital--to produce and sell products.
- 7. The stock of equipment, machines, structures, and infrastructure that if used to produce goods and services.
- 9. The ability of one person or nation to produce a product at a lower resource cost than another person or nation.
- 10. The resources used to produce goods and services; also known as production inputs or resources
- 13. The value of an amount of money in terms of what it can buy.
- 14. A good or service produced in the home country and sold in another country.
- 17. A good for which an increase in income increases demand.
- 20. Two goods for which a decrease in the price of one good increases the demand for the other good.
- 23. The cost of losing another option when you make a decision.
- 24. Reduction in the value of capital goods over a one-year period due to physical wear and tear and also to obsolescence; also called capital consumption allowance.
- 25. Commonly defined as six consecutive months of declining real GDP.
- 26. The resources we use to produce goods and services are limited.
Down
- 1. The percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
- 3. A good for which an increase in income decreases demand.
- 5. Personal income that households retain after paying income taxes.
- 6. Human effort, including both physical and mental effort, used to produce goods and services.
- 8. Two goods for which an increase in the price of one good increases the demand for the other good.
- 11. The study of the nation's economy as a whole; focuses on the issues of inflation,umemployment, and economic growth.
- 12. Resources provided by nature and used to produce goods and services.
- 15. The total market value of final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year.
- 16. Sustained increases in the prices of all goods.
- 18. The face value of an amount of money.
- 19. A good or service produced in another country and brought into a country.
- 21. The knowledge and skills acquired by a worker through education and experience and used to produce goods and services.
- 22. The study of choices made by households, firms, and government and how these choices affect the markets for goods and services.
