Across
- 2. a specific group of people that a company aims to sell its products or services to
- 4. the strategy of convincing consumers of their need or desire for a product
- 8. a set of tools that businesses use to sell products or services (the 4 Ps)
- 11. Federal Reserve decisions that influence interest rates and money supply
- 13. a financial and social system of how resources flow through society
- 14. setting the price by adding profit margin to the cost to make the product
- 15. immediate factors that directly affect a business's operation
- 16. the act of providing essential details about a product or service
- 17. the study of choices in allocating society's resources
- 18. setting the price based on how much customers perceive it is worth
- 20. the total amount of money within the overall economy
- 22. an independent agency that insures bank deposits
- 23. overage that occurs when revenue is higher than expenses
- 24. shortfall that occurs when expenses are higher than revenue
- 26. the study of smaller economic units like individual consumers
- 27. larger societal forces that affect the entire economy
Down
- 1. the process of identifying, anticipating, and satisfying customer wants or needs profitably
- 3. the process of dividing a broad market into sub-groups of consumers
- 5. the rate of interest the Federal Reserve charges when it loans funds to banks
- 6. a detailed description of an ideal customer based on research
- 7. anything generally accepted as a medium of exchange
- 9. details about people's interests, lifestyles, values, and attitudes
- 10. the sum of all money the federal government has borrowed and not repaid
- 12. the study of a country's overall economic dynamics
- 19. privately owned financial institutions that accept deposits and make loans
- 21. increasing sales of current products in existing markets
- 25. government efforts to influence the economy through taxation and spending
