Across
- 2. point attempts to detect, as early as possible, the moment when the industrial trends are reversed
- 6. An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy.
- 8. Measures the number of people who are able to work, but do not have a job during a period of time.
- 10. A situation in which unlimited wants exceed the limited resources available to fulfill those wants
- 12. a market structure in which only a few sellers offer similar or identical products
- 15. The percentage at which the money loaned is returned with added percentage multiplied by original cost
- 18. A slowdown in a nation's economy
- 19. the pattern in which goods and services and resources flow in the marketplace
- 21. the study of the economic behavior decision-makingking of small units, such as individuals, families, and businesses
- 24. Consumer willingness and ability to buy products
- 25. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
- 26. A person who purchases goods and services for personal use
- 28. the struggle among producers for the dollars of consumers
- 29. economic system in which decisions on production and consumption of goods and services are based on voluntary exchange in markets (market decides economic decisions)
- 31. A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
- 32. A situation in which the quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied
Down
- 1. Cost of the next best alternative use of money, time, or resources when one choice is made rather than another
- 3. The amount of goods available
- 4. goods and services are produced the way it has always been done
- 5. A period of economic growth as measured by a rise in real GDP
- 7. A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
- 9. the act of giving up one benefit in order to gain another, greater benefit
- 11. Gross Domestic Product- the total market value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy
- 13. Land, Labor, and Capital; the three groups of resources that are used to make all goods and services
- 14. benefits or costs of an action that influence people's decisions and behavior
- 16. the study of the economy as a whole, including topics such as inflation, unemployment, and economic growth
- 17. The financial gain made in a transaction
- 20. Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
- 22. attempts to use monetary policy or fiscal policy to stimulate the economy (ex: stimulus checks, lowering interest rate)
- 23. of or relating to money or currency
- 27. involving financial matters
- 30. a low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle
