Across
- 1. Rate of people in the civilian labor force who are unemployed and actively seeking.
- 6. Facilitates the transactions between buyers and sellers.
- 7. Total market value of all Final G & S produced in a nation in a 1 year period.
- 10. Number of members of the FED's B.O.G
- 12. Value of a currency expressed in terms of the number of goods or services that one unit of money can buy
- 14. GDP that is more accurate, adjusted for inflation
- 16. measured in current prices.
- 19. The U.S. gov't earns revenue through borrowing from other countries with interest or this method
- 21. Part of GDP, Spending that makes up the largest % of GDP.
- 24. Total # employed + unemployed & actively seeking.
- 27. Index used to measure inflation
- 28. Part of GDP, businesses investing in capital goods.
- 30. Job loss due to a lack of skills, outsourcing or technology
- 34. Stage of the business cycle, Economy has been in decline for 2 quarters
- 35. Job loss due to a downturn in the economy
- 37. Exports minus Imports
- 38. Current chair of the FED
Down
- 2. US central bank, regulates the money supply in the U.S. with its policies
- 3. Economy reaches its lowest point
- 4. A fairly new economic concept that occurs when the amount of a product is reduced in size but not price
- 5. Name given to the leader of the FED's Board of Governors
- 8. Income/money you actually have to spend
- 9. Phase of the business cycle, Economy begins to decline
- 11. Another name for Recovery Stage and a phase of the business cycle
- 13. Highest point of the business cycle - Everything is "good"
- 15. Body that implements fiscal policies
- 17. Prolonged and more severe recession
- 18. Money holds its purchasing power over time
- 20. Unemployment that is a temporary transition between jobs
- 22. Standard denomination of money used by a country
- 23. Period of economic growth, Increase in Real GDP & low unemployment
- 25. Rate on loans the FED charges its member banks
- 26. Unemployment that occurs as seasons change
- 29. Worst type of inflation. Economy is stagnate
- 31. Body of the FED that vote to expand or contract the money supply
- 32. Number of Federal Reserve district banks
- 33. General rise is prices, should be less than 2%
- 36. Policies instituted by the FED that directly affect the money supply