Across
- 2. sales The total receipts of retail stores from selling merchandise.
- 5. A decrease in the general price level of goods and services.
- 6. An economic indicator that measures how optimistic or pessimistic consumers are regarding their expected financial situation.
- 7. policy Government policy that attempts to influence the direction of the economy through changes in government spending or taxes.
- 10. The measure of output of the industrial sector of the economy.
- 14. The percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
- 15. market A place where stocks (shares of ownership in a corporation) are bought and sold.
Down
- 1. The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another.
- 3. rate The amount charged, expressed as a percentage of principal, by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets.
- 4. starts The number of new residential construction projects that have begun during any particular month.
- 8. market A financial market where participants can issue new debt, known as the primary market, or buy and sell debt securities, known as the secondary market.
- 9. The efficiency with which goods or services are produced.
- 11. A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
- 12. balance The difference between the value of a country's exports and the value of its imports.
- 13. policy The actions of a central bank, currency board or other regulatory committee that determine the size and rate of growth of the money supply.